After making the crossing to the other side of the sea,
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
They scurried about the surrounding country
and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.
Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak;
and as many as touched it were healed.
Most of us are familiar with the Gospel story of the paralyzed man being lowered through the roof of a house by his friends so Jesus could cure him. Striking about today's passage is the sense of the scale of that same action repeated multiple times. Consider the effort expended by friends and relatives to bring the sick to Jesus. The sense of community and strong connections to others is evident. The sense that helping another to find themselves in Christ's presence can effect real healing is an invitation to humble and gentle evangelization.There are seven basic principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Based in Scripture, these fundamental elements speak to how we as Christians are to live day to day, affecting our relationships in the home, at work, in society and as a resident of planet Earth!
One of these principles of Catholic Social Teaching is the "Community and the Common Good". Here is a summary of that principle, as provided by the Social Concerns Committee of St. Andrew the Apostle parish.
The Mystery of the Trinity involves the relationship of complete love among the three Persons in One God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Persons made in God's image, we must model God's self-giving love. Hence the human person is both sacred and fundamentally social. In community we realize the fulfillment of our dignity and rights in relationship with and to others.
- How does this principle relate to our Scripture for today?
- How does it apply in your life?
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