In today’s Gospel reading, St. Mark recounts for us the healing of two women by Jesus – a 12 year old
girl, and a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for 12 years.
“Give me Yourself, O my God. Surrender Yourself to me, for I love You. And if that is not enough, let me love You more ardently.” St. Augustine of Hippo (4th-5th centuries, Doctor of the Church)