MONDAY- 14^TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –B

Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26: My daughter has just died, but come and her life will be saved.

I Reading: Hosea 2: 16-18. 21-22: I will betroth you to myself for ever.

Jesus Heals Several People: Meeting Man’s Desperate and Hopeless Needs, Mt 9:18-26

This passage includes four examples of people who had desperate who had hopeless needs. They demonstrate two things: Christ is the beyond question the Messiah, “the Son of David” (v.27); and Christ has power to meet our desperate, hopeless needs, even the need of conquering death.

1.     The hopeless cry for life (Part I) (v.18-19)

a.     The man: a ruler and a father

1)    Hopeless: death

2)    Attitude: worship

3)    Request: touch her

4)    Faith: “will live”

b.    Jesus’ response

2.     The secret hope for health (v.20-22)

a.     The woman

1)    Hopeless: ostracized

2)    Attitude: unworthy

3)    Act: touched him

4)    Faith: “I shall be whole”

b.    Jesus’ response

1)    “turned”: responded to her touch

2)    “saw”: compassion

3)    Called her “Daughter”: adopted her

4)    Healed her: exerted his power

3.     The hopeless cry for life (Part 2) (23-26)

a.     Trying delay: Jesus finally arrived

b.    The atmosphere: Noisy

c.      The strong demand

d.    The daughter’s death

e.      The reaction: laughed

f.      The power of his hand

g.     The result of his power

Thought: We will never know the mercy of Christ until we humble ourselves and become as little children (Mt 18:3).