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Pray With Us (weekly reflection)

REFLECTION FOR:  Sunday, February 5, 2012
                                Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 

1st Reading: Job 7:1-4, 6-7
Responsorial Psalm 147:1-6
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23
Gospel: Mark 1:29-39
 
Reflection: In today's Gospel I am inspired once again by the very personal Jesus. Hearing of the illness of Simon's mother-in-law, He approached, grasped her by the hand, and helped her up. Later in the day, the apostles brought to Jesus all who were ill or possessed, and He cured them. Again the personal touch - no cures from a distance! No wonder that, even before dawn Jesus was told, "Everyone is looking for you." On hearing of another's need, do I respond with the same immediacy, the same attentiveness? Am I as quick to put aside my own pursuits, to relinquish my own personal time and space?

Prayer: Generous Jesus, inspire me with Your own selfless spirit. Prompt me to respond to another's need - genuinely, heartily, personally. Amen.
 
S. Christa Franzer, OSF