GOSPEL
It is necessary for me to evangelize also to the other cities, for this is why I have been sent.
Reading from the holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 4:38-44
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.
At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases
brought them to him.
He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.
And demons also came out from many, shouting, “You are the Son of God.”
But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak
because they knew that he was the Christ.
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.
The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him,
they tried to prevent him from leaving them.
But he said to them, “To the other towns also
I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God,
because for this purpose I have been sent.”
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
Word of the Lord.
From You to You.
The Lord was laying hands on each of the sick until dawn, healing them one by one. Could He not have performed a general healing? He also took the hand of Peter’s mother-in-law to heal her.
The Lord wants to have a personal relationship with me. A relationship from You to You, with me.
Every time I stand before Him, He is alone with me. That is how the Lord loves me; He dedicates intimate and personal attention to me.
That is the relationship He desires to have with me despite my smallness. A relationship of intimacy, from Heart to heart.
Grounded in Marital Life:
On one occasion, a couple told us that the husband would come home very irritable from work, and that was seriously affecting their relationship. So we asked him, “And if she gave you a hug and a kiss as soon as you got home, would that help you disconnect from work?” “Of course!” he said, “That would make everything disappear!”
Spouses, let us touch each other, caress each other, kiss each other, look at each other, embrace each other. Our flesh is part of the mystical Body of Christ. Through it, His love is transmitted. Let us do as Jesus did, who touches to heal. How many relationships would be healed simply because spouses touched each other more?
Mother,
How important the gestures of affection are; how important it is that we pay attention to one another. It is worth staying up late or overcoming fatigue, just as Christ did. Praised be our Master who spares no effort, who is a close God, and personally heals me in every confession.