July 5th Gospel

I always loved this passage (Matthew 9:18-26), particularly the homilies and explanations on it. There's another passage in the Bible that speaks of this incident when the woman touched His cloak and He turned around to see who it was, but His disciples could not figure out who He was talking about. Then she fessed up that she had touched the cloak to cure herself. The whole story is just fascinating. Did Jesus "feel" the power going out from Him? How do you explain something like that? He knew who was coming to Him for what purposes. That's just so amazing! He knows people's hearts before they even have the courage to confront Him face to face about what is in their lives. That's why Confession should, in theory, be easier for us to approach...you're asking forgiveness for actions/thoughts He already knows occurred! You're not shocking Him. There's a quote by St. Augustine that goes, "In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You." May we always reveal ourselves to Him with the faith of a child!