The psalmist from the Roman Catholic Lectionary texts today
proclaims the goodness of God to all and His compassion over all He has made.
The passage from the Book of Hosea reveals the comparison made by this 8th
Century BCE prophet between the love of God for Israel and the love of a
husband for an unfaithful wife. The personal life of the prophet involved his
searching for his wife who was unfaithful to him and left him. The compassion
associated with God is the quality of “suffering with”. Too often we can be
faced with situations where it seems the challenges and sufferings are for us
to endure by ourselves. The action of God to be with us is shown in the passage
from the Gospel of Matthew. Commentators have noted Jesus decides to interrupt
His agenda in this episode to first attend to the distress of the synagogue
official and as He moves to be compassionate to the this man, He attends to the
interruption from the woman suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. (See
also Mark 5:21-43). When we approach Jesus, He has time for us! Our lives so
often are plagued with the dilemma of “having time” for others. Our compassion
for others is can be enhanced by practice of the faithful patience of Hosea and
the willingness to stop and listen of Jesus.
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