Monday 9 February

Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm: 104; Mark 6:53-56

Newness in Christ

God created heaven and earth; and what God made was, indeed, good. By his ministry of healing, Jesus makes good again all that is unhealthy and broken in body, mind and spirit. In him, all things are made new; all things are blessed with fecundity. Like the people in our gospel, we reach out to touch him through the healing sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick, recalling our first innocence through Baptism and remembering that what God has renewed is indeed fruitful and good.