Si Jesus nagtabok liwat sa pihak sang linaw. Didto sa higad sang linaw gintipunan sia sang madamo nga mga tawo.
Si Jairo, isa ka opisyal sang sinagoga nagkadto didto, kag sang pagkakita niya kay Jesus nagluhod sia sa tiilan ni Jesus,
kag nagsagad gid sia pakiluoy: “Ang akon anak nga dalagita nagahimumogto. Kadtoi man sia palihog kag tanduga sia sang imo kamot agod magaayo sia kag mabuhi!”
Dayon si Jesus nag-upod sa iya. Madamo gid nga mga tawo ang nag-upod sa iya sa bagay nga nagaginutok sila sa palibot niya.
May isa ka babayi didto nga tama gid ang iya pag-antos tungod sang pagpanggwa sang dugo sa iya nga wala mag-untat sa sulod sang dose ka tuig,
wala sapayan nga ginabulong sia sang madamo nga mga manugbolong. Naurot na niya gasto ang iya kuwarta sa pagpabulong, pero sa baylo nga mag-ayo sia, naglain pa gani sia.
Nakabati sia nahanungod kay Jesus, gani nagpanagil-ot sia sa tunga sang madamo nga mga tawo sa likod nayon ni Jesus.
Siling niya sa iya kaugalingon, “Kon matandog ko bisan lang ang iya bayu, magaayo ako.”
Gintandog niya ang bayu ni Jesus, kag gilayon nagtugon ang iya dugo, kag iya nabatyagan nga nag-ayo na sia sa iya balatian.
Sa gilayon nabatyagan ni Jesus nga may gahom nga naggwa sa iya. Gani nagbalikid sia kag nagsiling, “Sin-o ang nagtandog sang akon bayu?”
Ang iya mga gintuton-an nagsabat, “Nakita mo na gid nga nagaginutok ang mga tawo sa palibot mo, ngaa nga nagapamangkot ka pa kon sin-o ang nagtandog sa imo?”
Pero nagpanghulonghulong si Jesus sa pagtan-aw kon sin-o ang naghimo sadto.
Ang babayi nakatalupangod sang nahanabo sa iya, gani nagpalapit sia nga nagakurog sa kahadlok, kag nagluhod sa tiilan ni Jesus, kag nagsugid sa iya sang bug-os nga kamatuoran.
Si Jesus nagsiling sa iya, “Anak ko, ang imo pagtuo nag-ayo sa imo. Lakat ka sa paghidait, kag magaayo ka na sa imo balatian.”
Sang nagahambal sini si Jesus, may nag-abot nga mga sinugo halin sa balay ni Jairo, kag nagsiling sa iya, “Napatay na ang imo anak nga babayi. Ngaa pabudlayan mo pa ang Manunudlo?”
Si Jesus waay nagsapak sang ila ginsiling, kundi nagsiling sia kay Jairo, “Indi ka magkahadlok, kundi magtuo ka lang.”
Dayon wala sia magtugot bisan kay sin-o sa pag-upod sa iya luas lamang kay Pedro kag sa mag-utod nga si Santiago kag si Juan.
Sang pag-abot nila sa balay sang opisyal sang sinagoga, nakita ni Jesus ang mga tawo nga nagaginahod, kag nabatian niya ang mabaskog nga hinibi kag mga panalabiton.
Sumolod sia kag nagsiling sa ila, “Ngaa nagakinagula kag nagahinibi kamo? Ang bata indi patay, kundi nagakatulog lang sia!”
Ginkadlawan nila sia, gani ginpagwa niya sila tanan, kag gindala niya ang amay kag iloy sang bata kag ang iya tatlo ka mga gintuton-an, kag nagsulod sa kuwarto sa diin ang bata nagahamyang.
Gin-uyatan niya ang bata sa kamot kag nagsiling sa iya, “Talitha, koum,” nga kon sayuron, “Inday, nagasiling ako sa imo, bangon ka!”
Sa gilayon nagbangon sia kag naglakatlakat. (Nagagulang na sia sing dose ka tuig.) Sang mahanabo ini, naurongan gid sila!
Pero ginpaandaman gid sila ni Jesus nga indi magpanugid bisan kay sin-o. Kag nagsiling sia, “Pakan-a ninyo sia.”
Prayers:
"Lord Jesus, you love each of us individually with a unique and personal
love. Touch my life with your saving power, heal and restore me to
fullness of life. Help me to give wholly of myself in loving service to
others."
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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:
Do you approach the Lord Jesus with expectant faith or with skepticism and doubt? People in desperate or helpless circumstances were not disappointed when they sought Jesus out. What drew them to Jesus? Was it hope for a miracle or a word of comfort in their affliction? What did the elderly woman who had suffered greatly for twelve years expect Jesus to do for her? And what did a grieving father expect Jesus to do about his beloved lost daughter? Jesus gave hope where there seemed to be no human cause for it because his hope was directed to God. He spoke words of hope to the woman (Take heart, daughter!) to ignite the spark of faith in her (your faith has made you well!).
A 4th century church father, Ephrem the Syrian, comments on this miracle: “Glory to you, hidden Son of God, because your healing power is proclaimed through the hidden suffering of the afflicted woman. Through this woman whom they could see, the witnesses were enabled to behold the divinity that cannot be seen. Through the Son’s own healing power his divinity became known. Through the afflicted women’s being healed her faith was made manifest. She caused him to be proclaimed, and indeed was honored with him. For truth was being proclaimed together with its heralds. If she was a witness to his divinity, he in turn was a witness to her faith...He saw through to her hidden faith, and gave her a visible healing.”
Jesus also gave divine hope to a father who had just lost a beloved child. It took considerable courage and risk for the ruler of a synagogue to openly go to Jesus and to invite the scorn of his neighbors and kin. Even the hired mourners laughed at him in scorn. Their grief was devoid of any hope. Nonetheless, Jesus took the girl by the hand and delivered her from the grasp of death. Peter Chrysologus, a 5th century church father comments on this miracle: “This man was a ruler of the synagogue, and versed in the law. He had surely read that while God created all other things by his word, man had been created by the hand of God. He trusted therefore in God that his daughter would be recreated, and restored to life by that same hand which, he knew, had created her...He who laid hands on her to form her from nothing, once more lays hands upon her to reform her from what had perished.”
In both instances we see Jesus' personal concern for the needs of others and his readiness to heal and restore life. In Jesus we see the infinite love of God extending to each and every individual as he gives freely and wholly of himself to each person he meets. Do you approach the Lord with confident expectation that he will hear your request and act?
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