{"id":2573,"date":"2018-07-01T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T16:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2018-07-01T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T16:06:33","slug":"13th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-homily-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/13th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b-homily-2\/","title":{"rendered":"13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily"},"content":{"rendered":"

13th<\/sup> Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B<\/a>
\nWisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24
\nPsalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 (2a)
\n2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15
\nMark 5:21-43
\nJuly 1, 2018<\/p>\n

Today we hear of Jesus doing two great healings.\u00a0 One is for a twelve-year-old girl who, by the time Jesus\u2019 arrives at the home, has \u201cdied\u201d.\u00a0 The other is for the woman suffering hemorrhaging for twelve years.<\/p>\n

In both cases we see great faith.\u00a0 In the case of the girl, her father, Jairus, has shown a great faith in coming to Jesus.\u00a0 He is a synagogue official, many of whom have rejected Jesus but he went and fell at the feet of Jesus to plead for his help.\u00a0 He believed if Jesus laid his hands on her, she would be healed.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the woman has faith that if she just touched Jesus\u2019 clothes, she would be healed.\u00a0 They are both right.\u00a0 In both cases, Jesus touches them at the time of their healing.<\/p>\n

Touch is a powerful thing.\u00a0 For the woman who had been hemorrhaging, she would have been considered unclean so it would not have been permitted to touch her.\u00a0 Imagine being that way for twelve years.<\/p>\n

Now, some people are very affectionate and love to hug.\u00a0 Others are more shy or quiet and not eager to touch.\u00a0 Yet, with people we know closely, most people like physical signs that show people care for them.<\/p>\n

Jesus healed many people of physical ailments.\u00a0 We hear of these miracles in the gospels.\u00a0 I suspect most of us today have not experienced or witnessed a great physical healing but it does happen.\u00a0 Whenever a saint is canonized two miracles (one when they are declared blessed and one for their canonization) must be attributed to their intercession.\u00a0 Most of these miracles are physical healings that are carefully investigated to make sure they are not cured by medical treatment and, thus, truly are a miracle.<\/p>\n

When we are seriously ill, our Catholic faith offers us a sacrament that includes touch.\u00a0 It is the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.\u00a0 For centuries it was known as Extreme Unction or Last Rites.\u00a0 With that understanding, it was administered only when death was thought to be very near.<\/p>\n

In the 20th<\/sup> century, even before the Second Vatican Council, archeology and recovering of ancient documents revealed that the early understanding was that this sacrament was not just for the dying but all those who were seriously ill.\u00a0 We see this in James 5:14, \u201cIs anyone among you sick?\u00a0 He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint [him] with the oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up<\/em>.\u201d (presbyters = priests).<\/p>\n

So, the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick was again opened to those who are seriously ill.\u00a0 (There are specific prayers that can still be done when death is near).\u00a0 This includes any terminal diagnosis or serious surgeries, especially when there is risk for life or further serious complications.<\/p>\n

The Sacrament includes the anointing with oil blessed by the bishop.\u00a0 The oil serves as a sign of God strengthening the person.\u00a0 It also involves the priest touching the person, reminding us of Jesus\u2019 touch.<\/p>\n

Every person anointed by the priest does not receive a physical healing but people have spoken to me about it easing their pain and\/or given them a great sense of peace.\u00a0 That\u2019s God\u2019s grace.\u00a0 That\u2019s the grace of the sacrament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24 Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 (2a) 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Mark 5:21-43 July 1, 2018 Today we hear of Jesus doing two great healings.\u00a0 One is for a twelve-year-old girl who, by the time Jesus\u2019 arrives at the home, has \u201cdied\u201d.\u00a0 The …<\/p>\n

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