He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people. (Matthew 4:23 NABRE)
Jesus had become well known in the region and knowledge of him spread by the activities of his ministry: Teaching, proclaiming the gospel, and healing people.* While we don't often think about it, his impact made such a deep and wide impression on people that we remember much of what he did even today. Added to his impossible resurrection from the dead, his healings and re-evaluating of the path to salvation became the foundation for our faith today.
Today, I will try and imagine myself present during the ministry of Jesus, able to see him, hear him, and possibly touch him myself.
Saint Josephine Bakhita, a slave who worked under many "masters" was finally happy to address God as "master" and carry out everything that she believed to be God's will for her, pray for us.
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