Living By Faith

The Gospel passage for today focuses on two healings: the woman with hemorrhages with which she had suffered for 12 years, and the raising of the official's daughter.  Both were "impossible" situations, yet the faith of the woman and the official was the base for the healing. Living by faith
"is to live peacefully, prayerfully,
hopefully, hopelessly, outside myself
At peace with myself
    yet outside myself"  --Father Dominic Thomas Rover, O.P


It is to stop worrying, doubting, giving up, but leaning more and more on Jesus, the healer. We know of cancer and addiction cases that seem impossible and we just want to give up on praying for a cure.
Not the way Jesus operates.  If the woman or the official had given up, their requests would not have been granted and we wouldn't be reading about them today  May they intercede for us when we are ready to give up.
Bro. Rene