Mc 5,21-43 – Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
“”If I can even just touch his cloak, I will be healed.” And immediately the flow of blood stopped and she felt in her body that she had been healed of that evil.” This woman’s words are so full of faith, but the Gospel story immediately specifies that it is not enough to just have faith in a miracle that it can heal our body; true faith is entering into a relationship with Christ, because only when we enter into a relationship with Him do we receive the greatest grace, which is the grace of his love.
This is why Jesus seeks her. He doesn’t need to be thanked. He needs to look her in the eyes. Spiritual life is let yourself be looked into the eyes by Jesus. This is why this Gospel asks us whether we only seek miracles from faith or whether we seek the eyes of Jesus. Then the story continues with the story of a desperate father, Jairus, who has a daughter who is now about to die. He too seeks Jesus, but then he is reached by the most terrible news: his daughter is dead. That is the moment in which Jesus asks him for a true act of faith: “But Jesus, hearing what they were saying, said to the leader of the synagogue: «Do not be afraid, just continue to have faith!»”.
When everything seems lost, it seems to us that it is legitimate to become discouraged and throw everything overboard, but that is the moment of true faith. When no one else can help us, that is the moment in which Jesus comes into play. In the deepest darkness of our lives we can either let ourselves be overcome by desperation or continue to trust in Him, who walks beside us, who comes together with us, who does not leave us alone on our return journeys. Sometimes the journey that separates us from home lasts a lifetime. Having faith is knowing that Jesus does not leave us throughout this journey and asks us only one thing: to believe in Him despite everything.
Tuesday 3 February 2026 – (Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time – Even Year)
