Proper 8 Year B
Taken from Lectionary Reflections - Year B
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Proper 8
Wisdom of Solomon 1-13-15; 2: 23, 24
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Mark 5: 21-43
‘Do not fear, only believe,’ Jesus says to Jairus. It’s easier said than done, of course, with his daughter dead and the house full of the sound of wailing mourners. It’s also quite ironic, in that it is fear of just this moment that has driven Jairus to Jesus in the first place.
Both of the people Jesus encounters in today’s Gospel reading are driven by one kind of fear so strongly that it overcomes all kinds of other fears that they might be expected to feel. Jairus’s overwhelming fear is that his daughter will die. Mark’s storytelling never wastes words, but he doesn’t need to describe how much Jairus loves his daughter. His actions make it crystal clear...
Taken from Lectionary Reflections – Year B by Jane Williams