TUESDAY IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME, YEAR II.
Mystery of the day: Sorrowful
Table of the Word: 2 Samuel 18:9-10.14.24-25.30-19:3; Psalm 86:1-2.3-4.5-6 (R. 1a); Mark 5:21-43.
Celebration for the day: Ferial
The WORD: "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well." (see Mark 5:21-43)
Theme: The littleness of Faith.
Inspiration:
The Holy Scripture defined faith as: “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
This was the conviction of the woman with haemorrhage as found in today's gospel pericope. (cf. Mark 5:21-43) It was faith in God that pushed her to overlook the pressure from the crowd just to touch the fringe of Jesus' garment. She surmounted all pressures with doggedndess so as to get the healing. This same account reported similar event of faith when Jarius was told that His daughter is dead. He was moved with faith as Christ admonished him. And our Lord said, She is not dead but sleeping.
However, beloved in Christ how little is our faith in God. I would not like to ask of its biggerness as the Scripture says: "For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20-21). Here our Lord uses the image of the mustard seed to define the size of the faith require to change our situations.
In the light of this, what is the size of our faith? Must we get up to 50-100 pounds weight of it before we receive healing? Not at all, just a little of it can make a great change. God does not need more than what we can contain, but just a little of it like the woman who after exhausted all the avenues she opt to meet the Lord.
May the good Lord lead us to that greener pasture where our hope will be met no matter how little our faith may be. Amen. Peace! Be with you!
Let us pray
O! God we are grateful to You for the many blessings we received from You. Having considered what you did in the past there is no fear for the future. Grant us we pray the grace to be convinced that we can get there no matter how little our faith may be. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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