8th February, Monday.
I. Gen 1:1-19
II. Mk 6:53-56
Theme: Spiritual health
How blind is the human heart that often fears physical illness more than spiritual infirmities and falling out of God’s grace! The gravest ills we can suffer are those that come from within us: “For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy. These are what defile a person” (Mt 15:19-20).
Holy men and women throughout the centuries have firmly believed that “touching” Christ through receiving the sacraments brings about spiritual healing and redemption. All those who touched Jesus Christ with faith were cured: the Canaanite woman, the blind man, the ten lepers, the man with a withered hand, the paralytic, Jairus’ daughter, the woman with the haemorrhage, the boy with a demon, the Gerasene demoniac, and the deaf man. All these people in the Gospel had something in common: it was their faith that allowed the Lord to heal them. Faith is one of the most powerful acts of the human person, since God himself chooses to be moved by it. How strong is my faith in the power of our Lord Jesus Christ? Do I seek out and touch him in faith every day? Do I allow him to act in my life through faith? What am I waiting for?
Bro John Bosco SMM
II BTh