Monday, 7/4/16
The Fourth is a day for fireworks and blustering, but the
readings offer us only tenderness.
In the First Reading Gomer has deserted Hosea. But rather than
hunting her down for punishment, he speaks with the utmost tenderness. “I will allure her. I will lead her into the
desert, and speak to her heart.”
In the Gospel, we see her tenderness of the woman suffering
from infirmities, in her reluctance to contaminate Jesus with her touch, and in tribute
to the strength of his holiness, she feels that even a touching of his garment
would cure her.
We have this story of the little sick girl In Chapter Five
of Mark’s Gospel, and Mark gives us the actual words Jesus spoke that day in
lifting up the girl. He said, “Talitha
ko-um.” How tender was that?
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