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THE POWER OF THE PAUSE - In the gospel for today Jesus reminds us of the importance of rest. In this passage, we find Jesus to be extremely busy. We can assume that the events in this story happen at the end of the Sabbath day. It seems that Jesus heals and works until late into the night. Eventually, he heads out to find a quiet place to pray. Even Jesus needs time alone with God to rest and replenish himself. This is not new to us. We know that Jesus takes time to pray with God on several occasions during his ministry. Next, we read that the disciples try to coax Jesus into coming back to heal more people. It is significant to me here that Jesus does not heal every person who is in need. It seems there would not have been time for him to do that and to continue his work of proclaiming his message.
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