WEEK EIGHT: MIRACLES, SIGNS OF THE KINGDOM DAY 5
MORNING FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer on Mark 5: 30; 33-34: The Woman with a Hemorrhage: "Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who has touched my clothes?"...The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction."
Read the Reflection; then pray using Mark 5: 30-34; ask for an intimate knowledge of our Lord, who has become man for me, that I may love Him more and follow Him more closely (#104)
She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth: An important dimension of Jesus' healings is that either he touched the sick persons when healing them, or they touched him. This intimate contact between Jesus and the ones he saved suggests that He is Emmanuel, God among us, who is Son of God and son of man. In His presence, this woman, who has been healed of her hemorrhage by touching Jesus, confessed the wonderful news of her healing even while she was afraid.
Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction: Repeatedly, Jesus makes the point that the faith of the seeker heals him or her. In her recognition and acceptance of Jesus as Savior and Lord, the woman is healed of her affliction and saved because she has come into a new life through her relationship with Jesus.
"And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, 'Who touched me?' Mark 5:31 Jesus is looking for who touched Him and received sanctifying grace, Jesus experienced this as Son of Man. The disciples were right, many were pressing in upon Him but only one received healing. I pondered the woman, she had been living with the hemorrhaging for a long time, she had experienced much pain and grief for this. It prevented her from going to the temple for she would have been unclean. Yet she was a compassionate and caring woman, this sickness hadn't changed who she was. She cared more for others than her self, she knew that the touch would make Jesus unclean according to the law but yet she knew Jesus to be the answer, she had to come forward and tell the truth, that who she is, a caring and compassionate woman who loved God more than self. It is our faith in God and how we treat others that has the greatest benefits in our lives, receive His healing touch and come clean with God.
What is God saying to you? You have no need for words, only images.
Dear Father, Your sanctifying Grace is all that we need, Your healing touch to cleanse our weary souls. Thank You Father for the angels You place in our lives to experience Your glorious gift. Prayers for a friend, much like the woman with the hemorrhage, may they experience the miracle of healing and be set free to give. Thank You Father for the blessings of this past week, the words of encouragement and the sparks generated in battle, they all paint the picture. Bless this day, may we keep it Holy in Your eyes, Amen.
Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Help of the Sick, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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