Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15 / Mark 6:1-6
God's love is really an interesting phenomenon. It often shows itself unexpectedly and in unexpected places.
One of the most unexpected places (maybe not so unexpected actually) to see God's love is of all places, at the hospital.
Yes, the hospital, the place where medical science and technology try contest with suffering and death.
Yet, very often, it is on the hospital bed that a sick person comes to his senses and gains a new perspective to life.
Of course, the experience of suffering and standing on the edge of life is not something we look forward to.
As the 1st reading says, it is most painful and far from pleasant or pleasurable.
Yet, we see such experiences as the "commas" of our lifes, those little pauses that holds us for a while so that we can get some perspective and see where God is in our lives.
Even for Jesus, when He faced rejection, it was like a "comma", a pause that enabled Him to have the strength to obey the Father's will and to face the cross.
So when we encounter a "comma" in our lives, difficult and unpleasant as it is, let us also know that it is in moments like these that God's love is poured forth abundantly in our hearts.
We just have to stop and open our hearts to His love.