In our Gospel today, we are introduced to a woman who has been suffering for years, well over a decade, with some sort of bleeding disease, probably a menstrual hemorrhage. She was, like so many of our most compelling biblical characters, an outcast. And, like so many of our most compelling biblical characters, she possesses a courage that far surpasses her brief mention in our Scriptures. Faith, yes, of course, faith just as Jesus pointed out, that leads to the reality of her healing. But she had, above all, courage to act upon that faith.