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| "The Daughter of Jairus" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Hebrews
12: 1 - 4
1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely,
and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
2
looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the
joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself,
so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
4
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point
of shedding your blood.
PSALM:
Psalms 22:
26 - 28, 30 - 32
26
With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the
sight of them that fear him.
27
The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the
Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
28
All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to
the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his
sight.
30
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they
that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
32
There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the
heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born,
which the Lord hath
made.
GOSPEL:
Mark 5:
21 - 43
21
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a
great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
22
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja'irus by name; and
seeing him, he fell at his feet,
23
and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of
death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well,
and live."
24
And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged
about him.
25
And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,
26
and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all
that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
27
She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the
crowd and touched his garment.
28
For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made
well."
29
And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that
she was healed of her disease.
30
And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,
immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my garments?"
31
And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing
around you, and yet you say, `Who touched me?'"
32
And he looked around to see who had done it.
33
But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and
trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34
And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go
in peace, and be healed of your disease."
35
While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some
who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any
further?"
36
But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the
synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
37
And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John
the brother of James.
38
When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a
tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
39
And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a
tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping."
40
And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the
child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in
where the child
was.
41
Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Tal'itha cu'mi";
which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
42
And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of
age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
43
And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told
them to give her something to eat.
