Ask Jesus for healing with faith and persistence.

"As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him [Jesus]. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed." (Mark 6: 53.... 56).

Monday 7th February 2022, in the 5th Week in Ordinary Time.

"They begged Jesus that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed." When it comes to healing and mercy, for Jesus, Asking is Receiving. Do not be shy to ask Jesus for healing. Jesus has healed me of minor pains and discomforts because I asked Him. In July 2021, Jesus healed my sick heart. What if I did not ask Jesus to heal me? I might be living with a pacemaker in my body. Who knows what else?

In our key Scripture for today, we observe the importance of faith in healing. The woman with the issue of blood was full of faith and desire to be healed. Prominent doctors tried but could not help her for twelve years. She heard of Jesus and believed in Him. She quietly crept behind Jesus and touched the hem of His clothes. She was instantly healed.  It is likely that the people of the village in Mark's narrative today knew of the story of the woman with the issue of blood. They brought the sick on mats to where Jesus landed in a boat. The relatives of the sick prepared their loved ones to come to faith through testimonies of healings by Jesus. The sick who believed and touched Jesus were healed instantly.

What is the lesson here?
You may make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe or Medjugorie. Without faith, you go and come back disappointed.

The spiritual law here is simple to grasp. Whenever anyone in need comes to Jesus with expectant faith, he receives whatever he needs in accordance with the will of God. In all the pilgrimage sites mentioned above, many have received physical healing. Others have received spiritual and emotional healing. "All ate and were satisfied."

How is this so?
"Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes." (Romans 12: 2).

In God's will in our peace. How? Because God knows what is best for us not just today but for eternity.

"My divinity, and My pierced Heart, eternally open, a wellspring of healing mercy and of inexhaustible life for souls. For now, this is all that I will say to you. My Heart speaks to your heart. It is My joy to speak to you in this way. Trust Me with everything. Be at peace. Allow Me now to bless you from the tabernacle before you, in which I am hidden, but living and full of mercy for all who approach Me here." (IN SINU JESU, Thursday, June 26, 2008).

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