The WORD today reminds me that God has power for all.
In
this world, there is a limit to almost everything. Concerts and events can only
accommodate unto a certain number. Once the limit has been reached, no more
people will be welcomed, for it will be dangerous. No matter how much you try,
if you've reached the limit, you won't be accepted. There is almost always
a cutoff for free items and other things. Good thing this is not how it works with God.
God
can accommodate all who come to Him.
God
does not disappoint.
In
the gospel we saw that a lot of people came to Jesus. People with different
backgrounds. People with different sickness and diseasees. However,
these people made the effort and showed their faith when
they followed Jesus to be cured, to be healed. And he rewarded that. He
cured them all.
How
powerful. How generous. What a great reminder of Jesus’ love and power.
There
were a lot of people who followed Jesus, a lot of people who showed faith. I’m
sure they all had different sickness and diseases. Some
had grave ones, who is at the point of helplessness and hopelessness.
Some probably had minor ones, like fever or maybe even
headache. But what is inspiring is how God
cured them all. Lahat sila. Everyone who was there. Everyone who
had faith in him. Everyone who wanted to be cured. God did not
say he will cure only the serious sickness – those at the point of death. He
did not say he will cure only the easy to cure stuff, the minor ones .No
sickness or concern is too small for God to pay attention to, or too big that
he cannot handle. He cured them all.
Good
news – this love, power and generosity shown by Jesus two thousand years ago is
still alive until now!
God
is still able and is still willing to cure all who come to
him. All who have faith to come to him. All
who humble themselves to come to him. It does not matter if we come
to him with huge, almost impossible situations, sickness or concerns.. it
doesn’t matter if we come to him with almost trivial, small concerns. From then
until now, God cures all who come to him… we just need to come to him in
faith.
What
are my concerns as I come to Jesus? Do I have faith that He can and will cure
me? Or do I doubt his love and power just because of what the world tells me?
What is he reminding me today?
May
we learn to trust in God more, and have faith in his power and goodness.
Father God,
Thank you for today. Thank you for another day to live.
Thank you for the weekend. Thank you for another week! Thank you your great and
generous love for us. Thank you for reminding me today that you can and will
still heal and cure all who come to you. Lord, sorry for the times I lose
faith. Sorry for the times I doubt you. Sorry for focusing on the world.
Sometimes, especially when my concerns are too big or too small, I do not come
to you. Sometimes when it’s too big, I think that you cannot do anything about
it anymore. When it’s too small, I get ashamed or shy to bring these little
concerns to you. Sorry for those times. Sorry for thinking like that. But
father God, I know that I am important to you, and my concerns, no matter how
big or small they may be, are important and that you can do
anything. Increase my faith. May I just have that faith to come to you with
whatever concerns I have. Amen.
Blessed Week!
In Christ,
-g-
February 10 2020
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Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin
Lectionary: 329
Lectionary: 329
Reading
1 1
KGS 8:1-7, 9-13
The
elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes,
the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel,
came to King Solomon in Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant
from the City of David, which is Zion.
All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon
during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).
When all the elders of Israel had arrived,
the priests took up the ark;
they carried the ark of the LORD
and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels
that were in the tent.
(The priests and Levites carried them.)
the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel,
came to King Solomon in Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant
from the City of David, which is Zion.
All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon
during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).
When all the elders of Israel had arrived,
the priests took up the ark;
they carried the ark of the LORD
and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels
that were in the tent.
(The priests and Levites carried them.)
King
Solomon and the entire community of Israel
present for the occasion
sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen
too many to number or count.
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD
to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary,
the holy of holies of the temple.
The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark,
sheltering the ark and its poles from above.
There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets
which Moses had put there at Horeb,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel
at their departure from the land of Egypt.
present for the occasion
sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen
too many to number or count.
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD
to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary,
the holy of holies of the temple.
The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark,
sheltering the ark and its poles from above.
There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets
which Moses had put there at Horeb,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel
at their departure from the land of Egypt.
When
the priests left the holy place,
the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud,
since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
Then Solomon said, “The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud;
I have truly built you a princely house,
a dwelling where you may abide forever.”
the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud,
since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
Then Solomon said, “The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud;
I have truly built you a princely house,
a dwelling where you may abide forever.”
Responsorial
Psalm PS 132:6-7, 8-10
R.
(8a) Lord, go up to the place of
your rest!
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us enter into his dwelling,
let us worship at his footstool.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Advance, O LORD, to your resting place,
you and the ark of your majesty.
May your priests be clothed with justice;
let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy.
For the sake of David your servant,
reject not the plea of your anointed.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us enter into his dwelling,
let us worship at his footstool.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Advance, O LORD, to your resting place,
you and the ark of your majesty.
May your priests be clothed with justice;
let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy.
For the sake of David your servant,
reject not the plea of your anointed.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Alleluia MT
4:23
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel MK
6:53-56
After
making the crossing to the other side of the sea,
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret
and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
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.
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret
and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
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.
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