I read in a commentary that it is important in today's gospel that the woman with the hemorrhage "touches" Jesus. The crowd is around him jostling and bumping into him and the disciples. Yet, it is the woman who deliberately touches Jesus and trusts that in doing so she can be healed. How many people are observers of Jesus or bump into him but are unaware of who they have encountered? When I attend Mass do I want to touch Jesus or am I part of the crowd? Our focus needs to be on the Lord with all other aspects of the social and cultural situation taking a second place. In the gospel of Mark it is so often the unlikely people who "get" Jesus. They are the outsiders or those who are ritually unclean. One of the first things we need to do in order to reach out to Jesus is to perceive our own need of healing. It is then that we are open to the healing power of the Lord in whatever part of our life that it is required.
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