Post-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross; Holy Great-Martyr Euphemia, the All-Famed (303)
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Galatians 2:11-16; Mark 5:24-34
In today’s Gospel Jesus heals the haemorrhaging woman. Having a flow of blood for twelve years meant that anyone with whom she came in contact would be considered unclean. She couldn’t, in any meaningful sense, participate in the ordinary life of her society.
The woman touches Jesus—and how radical and dangerous an act this was since it should have rendered him unclean. But so great is her faith that her touch, instead, renders her clean. Jesus effectively restores her to full participation in her community.
Let us always remember that through the Sacraments of the Church we are able to touch Christ. We are able and indeed called to draw the life-giving graces from our Lord to live our daily life in Him and through Him to the fullest.