Wednesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time - Mark
1:29-39
Today in this Gospel, Jesus is
ministering to the sick. The Gospel opens with Jesus leaving the synagogue and
going to Simon’s home accompanied by some of His disciples. When Jesus arrives
at Simon’s house, He is approached and told that Simon’s mother-in-law was ill
with a fever. Jesus went to her, took her hand and helped her up. Immediately
the fever left her!
As sunset was approaching, many
people came to Jesus bringing their loved ones who were ill or possessed by
demons. Mark writes that Jesus immediately healed those who were sick and He
also drove out the demons. Very early the next morning, Jesus left and found a
deserted place where He prayed. He must have needed some time to be quiet, to
rest and to be alone in prayer.
If Jesus came into our town, our
city, would we approach Him and ask Him to heal us? What is the healing we
would hope for? Would it be a physical illness, a spiritual need? Would we ask
Jesus to heal and restore someone we love? Would we ask Jesus to heal our world
and cleanse us of our need to control or hurt one another? Today I invite you
to reflect on the healing that you desire for yourself and our world. God will
hear our prayer! We may not get an immediate response but trust that God is at
work. God will respond! How patient will
we be?
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