July 6 - Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hos.2:16-18,21-22; Ps.145:2-9; Mt.9:18-26) "When the crowd had been put out He entered and took her by the hand, and the little girl got up." How like Hosea's prophecy today is the Lord's raising of Jairus' daughter in our gospel. For the Lord speaks through His prophet, saying, "I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart," and Jesus does this when He puts the crowd out of the house before whispering to the little girl to arise. And as the Lord declares in our first reading, "I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy," so Jesus takes the hand of the child…
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