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13.01.2012 FAITH

Posted under Reflections on January 24th, 2012 by

GOSPEL  READING  Mk 2:1-12

 

 

Jesus continued his teaching and preaching in the house as well. He was not doing it only in the synagogue alone. For him every place and every opportunity was an occasion to preach the word of God. People also listened to him gladly. His teaching was real and he was preaching with authority. Among the crowd there were also Pharisees. Some followed him and his teaching but there were also Pharisees who found fault with his preaching.

 

Jesus always rewarded the faith of the person involved or the faith of the people who were involved. All his healing miracles were the result of the expression of the faith. Also faith of one or some could heal the person who has not expressed his faith openly. The sick person is being carried and he could not probably express his faith openly but the people who carried him expressed it in their action and that was enough for Jesus.

12.01.2012 LEPER

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GOSPEL  READING  Mk 1: 40-45

 

 

Leper comes to Jesus and asks him to clean him of his disease. Jesus wanted to heal him but much more than that he wanted to relate to him. He wanted to be with him; he wanted to identify with him. He wanted to be one with him and that is the reason he touched him. Only after doing this gesture of touching him he healed him. He made the leper feel at home with him before healing him.

 

Jesus wanted this gesture to remain personal and not to announce to the others. The reason was that Jesus already had a crowd of people following him. Jesus could not travel openly in public. Could this be that Jesus did not want crowd rather he wanted individuals to follow him. He wanted personal attachment and personal following than a crowd.  

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