2/04/13

Lectio:::Mk 5.21-43

Meditatio: "and pleaded earnestly with him [Jesus], saying, ‘My daughter is at the point of death,. Please come and lay your hands on her that she may get well and live’." Mk 5.23

Oratio: "O God, You know the power of touch and You have made it a sign of Your sacrament of healing.

I remember Jesus was asked by Jairus to lay His hands upon his daughter that she might live; and He did saying: ‘Talitha koum!’ And the girl was brought back to life! Wow!

Grant that I may always realize the power of touch and use it sacramentally when someone is sick; and use it to comfort those who are in need.

I ask these and all things through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with the

Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: Keep silence and remain in recollection for a few minutes.

Operatio: reflect on "lay your hand"; touch another; part of the sacrament of the sick; in prayer ask for the grace to readily offer the sacrament of the sick to those in need; and to realize the power of human touch and use it appropriately as situations of comfort arise.

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Tomorrow's reading :Mk 6.1-6