5th Week in Ord. Time, Monday – 07th February 2022 — Gospel: Mark 6,53-56
Great Intercessors
The people of the towns bring their sick to the marketplace so that Jesus could heal them. They not only carry their ill family members or friends to the centre of the town, but they begged out loud, calling on Jesus to work a miracle. In short, they were made great intercessors for those whom they loved and they carried them along by making sacrifices. In this way, they were called to publicly proclaim their faith in the marketplace. Thus, they were zealous in seeking not only the physical, but spiritual and psychological healing of those who were in need. The intercessory role requires that we manifest our faith by bring them and even beg for their salvation.