healing

Today's passage, in fact, this whole week's set of passages are about Jesus reaching out to the sick and the disenfranchised (people no one wanted anything to do with).

As I read today's passage, I wondered, if Jesus came today, in this day and age, would modern medicine render his healing miracles unimpressive? Back in Jesus' time, they didn't have all of the medical and technical advances we have tody, so any healing of even common illnesses would've been impressive. Would we have been as impressed today?

I'm pretty sure Jesus knew exactly what time period he wanted to enter into. Our day and age would probably have largely ignored him. He would not have had the same kind of impact at all. Our culture is so saturated by noise that no one would've been able to hear his voice above all the racket.

It's an interesting thought.

One of the questions posed on the Sacred Space website was whether there was anything I needed Jesus to heal in me. I'm not physically sick right now, and I'm pretty sure I'm okay emotionally and mentally. Spiritually - spiritually, I don't know. I'm doing better than I was even a year ago.

I'm feeling a little vaguely uneasy, which is usually how Vergil feels when he's working too hard but not being as productive as he'd like to be. The youth retreat is this weekend and I don't feel entirely ready for it. Maybe that's what it is, I don't know.

Anyway, I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts - either on this passage or what's going in on your own lives right now.