Two miracles, one truth: Christ does not abandon mantranslated

Written by Sotirios Theologu, Master's Student of Theology A.P.Th.

The Gospel speaks into our lives. By reading it, we can see that Christ is speaking to us about everyone's life. Where we see the end, the wall, the obstacle, Christ opens a completely different path in life that we had not even thought of. Christ is by our side in pain, in trial. We stop putting Him in our lives and giving Him a place in our hearts.

Today, therefore, in the Gospel we heard two miracles performed by Christ. A man named Jairus, who was the leader of the synagogue, approached him. He begged him to visit his house because he had a dying daughter, 12 years old.

On the way home, a crowd gathered around Christ. In the crowd, there was also a woman who had suffered from bleeding for 12 years. He leaned on Christ's garment and immediately the bleeding stopped. She did not manage to escape from Christ's gaze and explaining what was happening to her, Christ said: "take courage, daughter, your faith will save you; go in peace."

At the same time, a man arrived from the house of the ruler of the synagogue and announced that the...