Homily- Sunday - 30 June 2024 – XIII Week in Ordinary Time (B)- Rev. Dr. Patrick Mathias SDB
Sunday - 30 June 2024 – XIII Week in Ordinary Time (B) Mass Readings: Wis 1:13-15; 2,23-24 Ps 29 2 Cor 8:7.9.13-15 Mk 5:21-43 Key verse to Meditate: "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live" (Mk 5:23). Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time calls us to place our faith in Jesus, the giver of life and healing. God has created us for life, not for death. Those touched and healed by Christ Jesus have already overcome selfishness and death, beginning to live a life of gr ace in God. This Sunday's Gospel presents two miracles of healing involving two women, illustrating Jesus as the Lord of life and power. One is a twelve-year-old girl at the beginning of her life, and the other is a woman who had suffered from hemorrhages for twelve years (Mk 5:25), potentially seen as nearing the end of her life. Both were in extreme suffering and facing deat