Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Monday, February 11, 2013
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| Weekday Gospel Reflection |
| Monday in the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time |
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53 When Jesus and his disciples had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. 54 When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him, 55 and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was. 56 Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well. |
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Mark 6:53-56 - World English Bible |
| In Mark 6, Jesus and his followers arrived by boat in Gennesaret, a plain that slopes down to the Sea of Galilee on its northwest corner. Two items stood out in these verses: the growing reputation of Jesus as a healer and the notion that proximity could effect healing. People flocked to the Lord because of his power and that power could be accessed simply by touching the fringe of his garment.
Fame did attract followers, and, in them, a desire for intimate contact. Imagine you were in the crowd at the lake shore. How would you try to touch the hem of Jesus' garment? |
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