Saturday – 7th Week of Ordinary Time B
In today’s first reading taken from the last part of the Epistle of James, we see how all-encompassing and permeating he viewed the presence and assistance of God in all of life’s daily struggles, is. So he recommends prayer when someone is in trouble, and to sing a psalm when you’re feeling upbeat and happy, and if you’re sick, he doesn’t say seeking a doctor ought to be your only or even first line of action, but the elders, the priests were to be summoned, and they would come and pray over you with a prayer of faith, anointing you with oil, and that prayer of faith would restore the sick person’s health.