The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by ourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”

The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by ourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers and they had no opportunity even to eat.

Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick – no food, no sack, no money in their belts.

A general reported to Napoleon, citing several reasons why his army was defeated by the enemy: bad weather, the soldiers were tired and especially they were outnumbered by the enemy. Napoleon said: “ There was no reason whatsoever for your defeat except that you did not believe you could win.

“ A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and his own house.” So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.

He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. At that they were utterly astounded. He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.

While most of the Jewish religious authorities looked on Jesus as an impostor. And here is Jairus, a leader of a synagogue, when faced with a calamity had the courage to admit that Jesus Christ had the supernatural power and begged for His mercy with a public display of humility.

God is the Master of the Universe. He predestines, decides and arranges everything to happen according to his will, and in an order according to his plan, from the greatest upheavals in world history to the smallest events in our daily lives. “Even the hairs of your head have been counted.” (Mt 10, 30).