Monday
of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
(Hosea
2:16.17c-18.21-22; Matthew 9:18-26)
Today’s gospel speaks of freedom.
It shows Jesus freeing a woman from a malady she bore for twelve
years. More profoundly, it intimates how
people who believe in him will be freed from the tyranny of death.
Like the
ruler’s daughter, we all will die. But
death will not necessarily have the last word.
If we place our faith in Jesus, we will conquer death. In the reading the girl’s father asks Jesus’ help
on her behalf. Jesus then raises her
from the sleep of death. Likewise, we
will rise from death for having been true to Jesus.
Today the
United States celebrates its freedom from the tyrannical rule of the British
king. After independence, the founding
fathers proceeded to declare freedom of religion. All Americans have the option to place their
faith in Jesus. He magnifies the
liberties by giving freedom from the dominance of sin and the tyranny of death.
