Wis 1: 13-15; 2: 23-24; 2Cor 8: 7.9.13-15;
Mk 5: 21-43
The liturgy of this day speaks that, according to the plan
of love of God, we were created for life. Through Jesus Christ, he generates
and promotes the life among the people. We experience the death when we stop to
love, showing resistance against the God’s plans.
The first reading from the book of Wisdom speaks that God is
the God of life. He created all and conducts everything with wisdom and
kindness. He didn’t create death and everything he does is for the good of his
sons and daughters so that they have abundant life. It was plan of God to
create the human beings likewise himself and entrust to them the care of
everything that exists. God gave them the grace of immortality, manifesting all
his joy and satisfaction with this special work of his hands. The existence of
the death doesn’t make part of the plan of God, doesn’t come from him. It was
introduced into the world by the devil, because his envy and resistance to the
God’s will. He is adversary of God and only those who have decided to serve the
evil one, making opposition to God, will experience the death.
Before the necessity of the Christians in the church of
Jerusalem, St Paul asks for help to other Christian communities, which respond
promptly. In this text we have the good example of the community of Corinth. St
Paul recognises and praises the gifts of this community, especially the gifts
of faith and the generous service. Through this characteristics they imitate
the generosity and emptiness of Christ who, although was rich, made himself
poor to make the people rich through his poverty. It is invitation to share
with others the good received, performing in concrete way the unity of the Body
of Christ.
The disciples accepted the challenge to cross the lake again
even after the terrible experience of the storm. But now, with the awareness
about the presence and power of Jesus, they have strong reasons to cross the
lake and to assume the consequences of living with Jesus in “another side”,
that is, to think, to feel and to act differently. The finality of the mission
of Jesus is to promote the life among the people. He does it with all strength
of his love. Like this it happened through the two miracles presented in the
gospel today. Jesus gives new life to the woman who suffered severe haemorrhage
for twelve years, and brings back to life the daughter of Jairus. In these two
miracles it was very important the attitude of faith of this two people which was
recognised by Jesus and put as fundamental criterion in order to allow the
action of God who wants to save and to give new life.
Many people were around Jesus, but only the woman touched
him with faith. For that he asked, “Who touched my clothes?” This question
makes us to reflect about our identity as Christians, who live near the Lord,
participating of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, but without faith or
little faith. This situation prevents us to reach the transformation which we
need for our life. It is the similar what happens with the people of Nazareth,
where Jesus couldn’t do miracle because their lack of faith. The daughter of
Jairo is symbol of our life which needs to be motivated, be revived. The faith
of Jairus is the faith of our community, which must be vigilant in order to
recognise Jesus and allow him to share his vitality with us. He knows that
without his action in our life we can do nothing. May he revive our little faith
in order we proclaim with enthusiasm the joy of his resurrection and our
participation with him. May our participation in each Eucharist be expression
of the vitality of our union with him.
Fr Ndega
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