Touch only the tassel on His cloak

Homily, 9th of February 2015

Touch only the tassel on His cloak

“Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.” (Mk 6: 56)

How happy we are when we have daily access not only to “the tassel on his cloak” but also to He Himself personally through the sacraments, and especially the Eucharist. We remember that in His wounds we are healed. When we go the Mass, we can be touched by His love and His Body and Blood—“and as many as touched Him were healed.”

“Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people.” (Gospel Acclamation)