“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.” Matthew 9:35

Reflecting on the opening words of the Gospel reading, we might consider the 5 “w’s: Who? What? When? Why? Where?

Saint Matthew Chapter 9 Verse 35 gives us the “who,” it says, “then Jesus.” The Gospel is about a person; it is not about a religion, it is not about a tradition, it is not about a church, it is …