Curing, Gathering and Sending

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon. He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him; for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.
He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons. So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot. Mark 3:7-19a

Curing, Gathering and Sending

Everybody wants to be a part
when there are miracles abounding
no one wants to be then sent out
to carry on important work.

God in the flesh needs flesh
humans willing to be among
the sick and the damaged
touching and holding the need.

We have cancelled our gatherings
shun those who are infirmed
then wonder where God might be
God in the midst of human suffering.

Come wash your hands and be sent
those who have received a cure
must spread the health around
we are gathered, healed and sent.