When Jesus heals a woman in today's Gospel reading (Luke 13:10-17), the first step is that he sees her. There is something powerful in life when we are seen by another person. In this case, "to be seen" does not mean "to be noticed" by others, but when somebody else understands what we’ve been through and where we want to go. The other person sees in us the pain and the possibility of our lives.
We yearn to be seen.
Yet, we often make it difficult, if not impossible for others to see us. Shame around illness and the way in which illness becomes our identity cuts others off from seeing us.
Jesus, as savior and Lord, does see us, and therefore can heal us.
The artwork is done by Artist Barbara Schwarz, a Dominican Sister. Her gallery is found here.
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