We read the passage in Mark 3 about healing on the sabbath today. As we have been, we'll read it three times.
The first time through, we focus on who the characters are and the setting. We have Jesus, the man with the withered hand, some onlookers and of course the pharisees. The setting is a "meeting place" which was probably a large room (about the size of one of today's really large living rooms).
The second time we read it, we activate our senses. What did the rooms smell like back then? How much light was there? Can you feel the heat from the large crowd and everyone pressing together to see? What sounds do you hear? Can you fully sense the place and event?
Finally, a third time we read it and imagine we are the man with the withered hand... getting called forward to Jesus and being asked to hold out that part of us which isn't well. Is it a part of our body (like the man's hand) that's painful, or is some inner part of us that's hurting? As we hold it out, we realize that Jesus has healed us... the part that was painful or hurting is now whole again. How doe we feel as we are healed?
It's a different way to read the scriptures and try to put ourselves into the scene.
Page 61 is a neat introduction to a way of reading the scripture using a method from St. Ignatius of Loyola. It involves a group reading experience... try it.
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