2 Sam 6:12-15, 17-19 / Mark 3:31-35
With a health issue looming over us, there are more and more precautions kicking in.
Although we are told not to be too alarmed, yet we can't help being concerned about how infectious the virus is.
In an anxious time like this, we must comply to the precautions and stay calm.
And in an anxious time like this, we must also turn to God and implore His help and His blessings on the medical personnel attending to the victims and that a cure for the virus be found quickly.
We want to see God coming to our aid, and we must not doubt His presence among us and that He will hear our prayer.
In the 1st reading, we hear of how David brought the ark of God to the Citadel of David with great rejoicing, dancing with all his might and offering holocausts and communion sacrifices to the Lord.
The ark of God was a profound sign of God's presence among His people, and David believed in it.
For us, the profound sign of God's presence is in the celebration of the Eucharist and in the Blessed Sacrament.
We must have the faith to believe that God will hear our prayers and grant His blessings .
So let us stay calm, let us hold on to our faith, let us keep praying and trusting in the Lord.
If we believe that God is with us, then let us not give in to fear.