Peter Blog a few random thoughts

The readings explore the problems of preaching the Gospel that people do not listen which we hear in Ezekiel. That your message is not accepted by those who know you the most Jesus and trying to be strong when in fact there is much learning in weakness Paul.  Like the modern world there seems to be a frustration in getting the message home. There are three key words that I would like to explore in the readings today: Listen, weakness and accept.  Listen: We live in a fast paced and quick society. Everyone is in a rush. There is instant communication where we can send a text message across the world and receive it in seconds. In the past we would write a letter or two and then expect a reply in a few weeks time. Now you send an email I the morning and are disappointed and worried about what has happened. Because we move so fast, because we perceive that we do not have time we have forgotten to listen. Even sometimes our prayers have become talking to much. I often say Lis

Both the characters in the Gospel today show us something of ourselves in the face of adversity. Both Jarius and the woman with the hermerorage were desperate to find Jesus. They had faith in Jesus and so they were seeking him. They both made themselves vrunerable in facing Jesus. The woman reaches out to touch him and the father seeks Jesus and wants him to come with him to her daughter. Both look towards Jesus as their final hope. But through this desperation comes something wonderful a great faith that Jesus.  There are a few things that can help us unpack this story. Jesus when walking through the town gets touched he asks who has just touched him. It is important for him because he has felt that someone is reaching out for him. Jesus does not want to be classed as some sort of walking relic where people just reach out and are cured. Notice that the person they bring forward is scared and frightened but Jesus purpose of his question is not to humiliate but to commended her for