Gospel (Mk 6,53-56) - At that time, Jesus and his disciples, having completed the crossing to land, reached Gennesaret and landed. Once they got off the boat, the people immediately recognized him and, flocking from all over that region, they began to carry the sick to him on stretchers, wherever they heard that he was. And wherever he arrived, in villages or cities or countryside, they laid the sick in the squares and begged him to be able to at least touch the hem of his cloak; and those who touched it were saved.

The commentary on the Gospel by Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia

Jesus crossed over to the other shore, joining his disciples after a difficult crossing of the Lake of Galilee. As soon as they got off the boat, the Gospel says that "the people immediately recognized him" and crowded around him, bringing the sick to be healed. And everyone trusted in him and in his healing power: for many it was enough just to touch the fringe of his cloak to be healed. And Jesus did not shy away from people's questions, he did not send anyone away. It is a style that questions each of us and our communities themselves. Shouldn't we be like the hem of the Lord's cloak that the poor and sick can reach and touch with their hands? There is a need for the weak and the poor to be able to easily "touch" the "body of Christ" which is, precisely, the community of disciples, and be healed and healed by it. Moreover, a Church without the poor who come to be helped and without the sick who receive consolation is hardly in conformity with the Gospel. Pope Francis invites us to touch the wounds of Jesus by touching those of the poor. Sometimes we are fearful, dominated by a false respect, which makes us harder, colder, hastier, and gestures of tenderness and friendship are rare. In truth there is an incredible need for tenderness, company, listening, accompaniment. Let others invade our territory, go beyond our borders, and even occupy our time, so that through us they can encounter the strength of Jesus' love, which heals and saves.