Part 10 : Bible Study: "The Healing of the Bleeding Woman or the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak".

Bible study written by Pastor Hanna Schramm of the Lutheran Church in Chile (ILCH) based on the story of the hemorrhaging woman in Mark 5,(24) 25-34 (Matthew 9,20-22; Luke 8,43-48). In her analysis, Pastor Schramm develops the concept of the stigmatisation of the woman who approached Jesus, and thus the reality of women's lives today.  On the other hand, she makes a number of remarks, including an analysis of the context of the story, and she elaborates on a number of exegetical-literary observations. Thirdly, she makes it clear that the text mentions several themes that invite reflection, among them that human beings do not have absolute control over the body, that there is abuse of the sick and of women, that there is stigma towards women who bleed, that healing is a process of personal awareness and proclamation of the Gospel. Finally, that true healing is a right for which we can fight, Healing happens in encounter and sharing. In the last part of the paper, he launches a series of questions to analyse and further think about the topic.