Jesus comes across a funeral procession in our Gospel today. A mother stands weeping – she has lost her only son. Jesus has pity on her, and her son in resuscitated back to life in a miracle of healing. Jesus performed many miracles and healed many people in his proclamation of God’s kingdom, in revealing to the world his identity as the Son of God.
This woman came to Jesus for healing for her son, out of love for him. We want healing for ourselves in our lives. We want healing for our loved ones. We have faith in Jesus, in his ability to heal, in his power to perform miracles. We want to believe in the miracles that Jesus can perform. We want tangible signs that God indeed exists, that God indeed is present to us in our lives. We have signs all around us that God is indeed here, such as God’s beauty that we see in nature. We not only have the love and relationships of our family and friends, but we also have our community of faith that can encourage us along our journey. We can give thanks for each day that we are alive, that we see the sun shine in the morning and see a new day dawn before us. If we will only be observant, we can recognize that there are little blessings and little miracles with us each day. We give thanks for grace to be able to see those blessings as we come to Jesus for healing and wholeness in the Sacrament of the Eucharist that we receive at Mass, to see the presence of God who is here with us in so many different ways.
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