People long for healing Mk 6, 56

He was immediately healed after touching at least the hem of his garment, after touching at least the hem of his garment, was immediately healed. Let us recall the woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had squandered her entire fortune, and the people did not cure her; on the contrary, her health was even worse. This woman, in her faith, also came to the idea that all she had to do was touch at least the hem of Jesus’ garment, and she would be healed. Indeed, after touching Jesus, she immediately felt a change in her sick body.

What should we not overlook in the miraculous healing that the Lord Jesus performed? The Lord Jesus must be “touched with faith,” that is, the Lord Jesus is the true Messiah, the Son of God, and if this is not the motive for touching Jesus, there will be no healing. Sometimes hearing the texts of Holy Scripture about these miraculous healing fills some believers with sorrow. They mourn that Jesus does not live among us today, that the Church is no longer a place where such rallies can take place as they did in the days of the Lord Jesus. But they mourn in vain. They do not understand that Jesus must be “touched,” that is, we must believe that He can truly help us today.

We, after all, even at this Mass, have the opportunity to touch the Lord Jesus, not just the hem of the garment, but we can take him home in Holy Communion or to those for whom we have come to pray. And why are these touches without miracles? Let us not look for faults in Jesus and the Church, instead let us look at ourselves! We believe that Christ is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever. Christ is equally strong and suitable to all. The fault, however, is in us. Do we trust him? Do we touch Christ when we stand in our place during communion? We stand and look at those who approach Holy Communion. Or even when we close Holy Communion, we touch Him without faith; that is, there is not one hundred percent conviction in us that Jesus can and wants to give it to us. What? Our healing.

We know that in addition to the Body we receive in the Sacrament, He has another Body – a mystical Body that we form with each other as brothers and sisters. This means that we are also to be aware that when we touch this Body of Christ unpleasantly, for example, with an evil look, an angry, malicious, or slanderous word, and then we go to Holy Communion. With the same tongue, which has not yet been cleansed by sincere repentance and a resolve to repair the damage, I want to touch the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Can we then expect a benefit? Not!

Well, brothers and sisters, in such a case, indeed, the grace of the Lord Jesus cannot be expected to aid in healing, and it is no wonder that we continue to be sick in body and soul despite the frequent repetition of these touches. God can only be effectively touched by faith, but only a living faith that expresses itself in acts of forgiving and serving love. He only heals those who feel Him. If we have grasped this, we have already become wealthy spiritually. We admire the examples of the saints; we appreciate the personalities of spiritual life who live among us. Why? From their lives, we can directly feel how they touch God. Their faith is not just words; it is a sincere relationship with God! God is pleased that we come to ask. After all, He said it Himself: “Ask, and you shall receive! Seek and ye shall find! Knock and it will be opened to you!” (Mt. 7:7). But we must remember that if we want to receive from Jesus what we ask for, we must also give Christ what he wants from us, namely, our hearts, without pretense.