Healing of Body and Soul

 

The Mission of the Twelve

 Mark 6: 7-13

⁷ Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.

⁸ These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. ⁹ Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. ¹⁰ Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. ¹¹ And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

¹² They went out and preached that people should repent. ¹³ They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

As we remember St. Blase today and receive the blessing of our throats, we are invited to join in the mission of the Twelve: to bring healing of body and soul to our families, our work places and our communities.  A tall order, but one that is possible with the grace of God and with our fidelity to little things, like a kind word of praise or a simple thank you. We can mend hurts and  restore people's broken self-images by giving them the feeling that "they count" in our eyes and God's.  Let's not be "stingy healers", but spread the gift of simple healing to all. 

Bro. Rene