Gospel Reading for February 09, 2026 – Mark 6: 53-56
ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 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.
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There seemed to be so many sick people. With no motorized transportation at that time, we can only imagine how difficult the journey was—not only for those who carried the sick, but even more so for the sick themselves. Yet simply touching the tassel of Jesus’ cloak was enough to heal them.
The thirty-three years that Jesus spent in Israel were truly ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT in the history of humankind. As the song says, “some good things never last.” And yet, it was after Jesus returned to the Father and sent the Holy Spirit that the best things came to us—who are not Israelites, but Christians. When we ask the Holy Spirit to heal us, it is truly Jesus himself who heals us.
The most beautiful part of this is that it is no longer just One Brief Shining Moment, because this gift will last forever.
Humanity’s relationship with God was raised to a higher level—no longer through the physical presence of Jesus, but through the living, spiritual presence of Christ among us.
We thank you, Father. We thank you, Jesus. We thank you, Holy Spirit, for all that you have done for us. We are truly and deeply blessed!
