LIVE IT TODAY: Monday, July 6, 2026
Take courage. No wound is beyond My healing, no loss beyond My redemption, and no situation beyond My power to bring new life.
LIVE IT TODAY: Monday, July 6, 2026
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
Take courage. No wound is beyond My healing, no loss beyond My redemption, and no situation beyond My power to bring new life.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Matthew 9:18-26
While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward,
knelt down before him, and said,
“My daughter has just died.
But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the tassel on his cloak.
She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured.
When Jesus arrived at the official’s house
and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
And they ridiculed him.
When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand,
and the little girl arose.
And news of this spread throughout all that land.
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
Faith does not deny reality. It entrusts reality to the One who is greater than it.
Where have you quietly concluded that your situation is simply too broken, too late, or too impossible for God?
Matthew masterfully weaves together two seemingly unrelated stories. One concerns a respected synagogue official whose young daughter has died. The other centers on an unnamed woman who has suffered twelve years of continual hemorrhaging. One is publicly honored; the other is ritually unclean and socially isolated. One has influence; the other has likely exhausted everything she possesses. Yet before Christ, both kneel in exactly the same place. Suffering has become the great equalizer, and faith becomes the doorway through which both encounter mercy.
The woman believes that if she can simply touch the tassel of Jesus’ cloak, she will be healed. Those tassels—called tzitzit in Hebrew—were worn by faithful Jews as a reminder to remain attached to God’s covenant (Numbers 15:37-41). She reaches not for magic but for the One in whom every covenant finds its fulfillment. Jesus immediately stops, not because He needs to discover who touched Him, but because He desires something greater than a miracle. He calls her “daughter.” Before restoring her body, He publicly restores her dignity, her belonging, and her identity.
Meanwhile, everyone at the official’s house assumes the story has ended. The mourners laugh when Jesus says the little girl is “sleeping.” Throughout the New Testament, however, sleep becomes one of Christ’s favorite images for death because death no longer has the final word. The One who is Life itself has entered the room. What appears irreversible to everyone else becomes the very place where God’s glory is revealed.
This is the pattern of the Christian life. We often come asking Jesus to fix a circumstance, while He desires first to restore our relationship with Him. We focus on what has been lost; He focuses on who we are becoming. Faith is not optimism or wishful thinking. It is the conviction that Christ’s presence is more decisive than our circumstances. Even when He does not answer in the way or timing we expect, He is always leading us toward resurrection.
This truth is especially important within our families. Parents and grandparents know what it is to carry burdens for those they love—children who have wandered, relationships that remain strained, illnesses that linger, prayers that seem unanswered. Build saint-forming homes by refusing to surrender hope. Pray over your spouse and children by name. Call daily upon the Holy Spirit. Keep bringing them to Jesus, because the One who called a forgotten woman “daughter” and took a little girl by the hand is still healing, restoring, and raising hearts to new life today.
“Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that He has said and revealed to us.” (CCC 1814)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
In My Heart: What situation have I quietly stopped believing God can redeem?
In My Home: How can our family become more intentional about praying with persevering hope for one another?
In My World: Who needs me to become an instrument of Christ’s encouragement and hope today?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Gather together and invite each family member to share one prayer intention they have been carrying for a long time.
Then pray over each person by name. Ask Jesus to strengthen their faith, renew their hope, and help them trust His love even when answers seem delayed.
Daily Challenge: Bring one “impossible” situation to Jesus today, praying simply: “Lord, I trust You with what I cannot carry.”
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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This is such a wonderful Gospel reading, because of its dual lessons on the critical importance of faith, and the intrinsic power of faith. The great "takeaway" of the story, to my way of thinking, is found in Mark's account of the same incident, (Mark 5:36), which includes Jesus words to Jairus the synagogue official, who seems, quite understandably, to be having second thoughts when the mourners announce that the girl is dead. "Do not be afraid; just believe," says the Lord.
In times of trepidation, on those occasions where we're tempted to think, "What difference does it make, she's dead," or "I guess I was wrong to hope," let's remember that fear is a weapon of the enemy, who does not want our miracles to happen, who does not want God's plan for us to work out, and who tricks us into believing that our own faith is immaterial ... let's then recite Jesus' command to ourselves: "Don't be afraid; JUST BELIEVE."
Our faith + His power = AMAZING things, and the fruition of His plan for us.