and ran to spread the news throughout the countryside. Wherever he was, they brought
to him the sick lying on their mats; and wherever he went, to villages, towns or farms,
they laid the sick in the marketplace, and begged him to let them touch just the fringe
of his cloak. And all who touched him were cured.
Reflect
“Prayer is relationship.” On the one hand, we touch the divine reality when we pray.
On the other hand, with God’s divine touch, our life can become a prayer itself.
Prayer is relationship. Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ healing ministry upon
crossing the lake and arriving at the shore of Gennesaret. The Gospel says that all
those who touched Jesus were healed. We may reflect that all those who touched
Jesus were initiated into a kind of relationship with him. They were not simply
cured of their illnesses. Rather, they began their journey of faith with the Lord.
Touched by the divine, their lives were never the same again. With sickness, we
come to terms with our human condition which is mortal and subject to deterioration.
With human limitations, we also come to terms with our need of God. God always
finds ways to reach out to us. However, we normally find a way to touch God only
when we feel that there is a need to do so. May we desire not only to be healed
of our infirmities but also to relate well with God and with each other.
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