MONDAY 14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B. By Tobe Eze

MONDAY  14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: HOSEA 2:14BC. 15CD-16.19-20
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 9:18-26
THEME: WE ARE MARRIED TO GOD’S MERCY.
That we are alive today is only by God’s mercy. That we have whatever we have is by his mercy and so on. It is not in any of our makings. If he should count our sins, we are no longer worthy of living. God's saving mercy and justice are what we have inherited from him through Jesus Christ his son through our baptism.
In the first reading, God said through the prophet Hosea that he will marry us in justice, mercy, steadfast love and righteousness. All we have and are, are only on this ground. 
To prove that love, mercy, justice and so on, he heeded to the plea of the two persons in the gospel. The woman with hemorrhage got healed because of his love and mercy. The daughter of a ruler was raised to life because of his love and mercy. We can still be healed in our various illnesses and be raised to life again from our different deaths. If we are married to his mercy, let us work towards that through our actions. A faithful wife gets good things from the husband likewise we will get from God if we remain faithful to him. Thanks.