Commentary
The
Touch of Healing and Life
Jesus'
touch restores he dignity of one woman and life and future for the
other.
In
the case of the adult woman, for twelve years, for hemorrhage has
rendered her ritually (religiously) unclean, by the standards of the
time. In addition to healing her, Jesus' touch reunites her to the
community of God's people.
In
the case of the girl, her short life, full of future promise, has
been cut short. Jesus' touch restores her to life and to God's plan
for her present and future.
What
is keeping me from being the child of God that the loving Father
created me to be?
Let
us pray that Jesus Christ, who touches us with his words and his
sacraments, restores us to that dignity given to us by the Father.
May Christ's touch enable us to respond to the gift of the fullness of
life to which the Holy Spirit is leading us.
