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This woman was actually reaching for the tassels on the bottom of Jesus’ garment. There were tassels connected to the four corners of the garment or prayer shawl that Jesus wore as an observant Jew.
And yet, she believed that if she could touch the hem of Jesus’ garment, she would be healed. A woman suffering from menstrual bleeding was forbidden to touch her husband’s clothes.
Beside ecclesial wardrobe, Jesus’ seamless garment faded into memory’s haze. Ecclesiastics were appareled like true royals from head to toe—from papal three-tiered or triple tiara to bishop’s miter to ...
And Jesus also knows that sometimes we need a point of release for our faith, whether it is an object, alter, hands being laid upon us, or whatever it may be where our faith can be released.
While Jesus was saying these things, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, 'My daughter has just died, but ...
She touches the hem of Jesus’ garment and now she knows the truth. When she stands up in this world, she stands alone. Not because the Lord doesn’t love her. He does.
Not minding the thickness of the crowd, she pressed through until she touched the hem of Jesus’ garment. The moment she did that, the flow of blood that had troubled her for years, dried up.