Gospel: Mark 5: 21-43
After being driven out of the Gerasene district, Jesus goes to the opposite shore of the lake and encounters a very different reception. Crowds are waiting for him in the hopes he would heal the daughter of a synagogue official. Despite this hope, the crowd vacillates between hope and despair throughout the story. They eventually think the girl to have died and have given up all hope of a remedy.
How often have we been in the position of this little girl? Our faith life appears dead, lifeless - but the good news is that we are only asleep like her. Where there is life there is hope. Jesus comes into our life through loved ones and others who care for us, and we are brought back to life. Our spirit and our faith are reanimated by this moment and this encounter with the Lord.
Now, we are no longer at the whim of the crowd. As in the story Jesus has dismissed the crowd and its considerations from our lives. Our life is now defined by this moment and this encounter we have had with the Lord Jesus. We go about our regular life among the living, humble witnesses to the mercy God has shown to us.
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