Starting Reflection

We begin by showing a video entitled: “A Woman Bent Double”. (Available from St. Vincent Seton Cove, 2425 Dugan St., Indianapolis IN 46260.) This reflection sets the tone of the conference by highlighting health issues in the context of a sacred encounter. That tone allows the participant to look for the sacred in the remainder of the program. If you do not have the video, read this passage with an unhurried pace: Luke 13: 10 – 17 “On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.’ Then, he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, ‘There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.’ The Lord answered him, ‘You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?’ When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.” I will include some reflection questions with my next post. Meanwhile, have a blessed Christmas.