Welcome back to ‘2 Minutes with the
Lord.’ I’m your host, Fr. Dominic Veigas SVD, and today, we’re witnessing one
of the most powerful and emotionally charged stories in the Gospels—Jesus’
healing of the woman with the issue of blood, found in Mark 5:25-34. But this
isn’t just a story about healing. It’s a story about what happens when someone
living in the shadows of life decides to step out into the light and reclaim
her dignity, identity, and worth.”
“Let’s set the scene: A large crowd
surrounds Jesus. People from all over have come to see, hear, and touch Him.
Amid this bustling crowd, there’s a woman. For twelve long years, she has been
suffering from a condition that not only made her physically weak but also
socially outcast. In the eyes of the community, she was unclean and
untouchable. She had spent everything she had on doctors who couldn’t heal her.
She had tried everything. And now, she was invisible to the world but desperate