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Raising of Jairus' Daughter
Matthew 9:18-19, 23-25; Mark 5:22-24, 35-43; Luke 8:41-42, 49-56
Healing of the Blind Man
Matthew 9:27-31; Mark 8:22-26
Woman Touching Hem of Christ’s Garment
Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48
It is appropriate that these three windows are grouped together as each tells a story of healing that happens because of a believer's faith in the midst of a desperate situation. Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, whose daughter has died, says to Jesus, “Come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live.” The blind man (or men, depending on which gospel you read) regained his sight because to Jesus' question, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?”he answered, “Yes, Lord.” And the woman who had been hemorrhaging for twelve years said to herself, “If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.” And Jesus said to her, “Thy faith hath made thee whole.”

Restoring life to those who had died, changing water to wine, feeding five thousand people with very little provisions, restoring sight to the blind, curing the sick and infirmed - these miracles demonstrated to all who witnessed them that God does indeed move in mysterious ways.

Charles Wesley sums it up best in the following hymn verses:
He speaks,' and listening to his voice, new lift the dead receive,
the mournful broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe.
Hear him, ye deaf, ye voiceless ones, your loosened tongues employ,
ye blind; behold; your Savior comes, and l.