Cycle B, Year II
28 October
2012: 30th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
(Liturgical color: Green)
Mark 10:46-52
Lord, heal our blindness!
It sounds romantic to say "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!" But what is beauty if we are unable to see? So do we ever appreciate the gift of sight?
Today's Gospel narrative tells us about the encounter of Jesus with the beggar Bartimaeus, who was blind. The blind man in the story was persistent. Having heard of the many miracles Jesus had performed, he would not stop to call on Jesus to heal his blindness. Jesus granted Bartimaeus his most cherished wish:"Go your way; your faith has saved you", Jesus told him. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.
How do we relate to the gospel story? We are not blind, neither are we beggars. Can we say the story does not apply to us at all?
Such attitude is a mistake. Because we all need healing; it can be physical or spiritual. And in the eyes of God we are all beggars, for his mercy. We are all in need of God's mercy. In other words, we are all just like Bartimaeus in the gospel story.
The Good News is that Jesus can heal us from our physical and spiritual blindness, so that we can see clearly the path to salvation. But we need to come to Jesus, put our trust in him, like Bartimaeus. Because God does not impose his salvation upon us.
The gospel calls us to learn from Bartimaeus, to call out for mercy from God; to follow Jesus; and to ask him for the gift of vision, so that we can see Jesus standing in our midst.
We need the gift of vision to see Christ in one another, and to see clearly how to follow him on the way, even the way to the cross.
We need the gift of vision so that we can see Jesus in the homeless and hungry of society; so that we can see Jesus in people who are different from us, even in our enemies.
We need the gift of vision to see Jesus in those we dislike and the marginalized, in every one we meet in our journey of life.
So that from now on we are a Bartimaeus people, totally confident in Jesus' healing power, as we surrender ourselves, our woes, and our hopes to the Lord.
Because just like the psalmist we declare with conviction:"The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Ps 126:3).
A blessed Sunday to us all. And thank you for a moment with God.
(Liturgical color: Green)
Mark 10:46-52
Lord, heal our blindness!
It sounds romantic to say "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!" But what is beauty if we are unable to see? So do we ever appreciate the gift of sight?
Today's Gospel narrative tells us about the encounter of Jesus with the beggar Bartimaeus, who was blind. The blind man in the story was persistent. Having heard of the many miracles Jesus had performed, he would not stop to call on Jesus to heal his blindness. Jesus granted Bartimaeus his most cherished wish:"Go your way; your faith has saved you", Jesus told him. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.
How do we relate to the gospel story? We are not blind, neither are we beggars. Can we say the story does not apply to us at all?
Such attitude is a mistake. Because we all need healing; it can be physical or spiritual. And in the eyes of God we are all beggars, for his mercy. We are all in need of God's mercy. In other words, we are all just like Bartimaeus in the gospel story.
The Good News is that Jesus can heal us from our physical and spiritual blindness, so that we can see clearly the path to salvation. But we need to come to Jesus, put our trust in him, like Bartimaeus. Because God does not impose his salvation upon us.
The gospel calls us to learn from Bartimaeus, to call out for mercy from God; to follow Jesus; and to ask him for the gift of vision, so that we can see Jesus standing in our midst.
We need the gift of vision to see Christ in one another, and to see clearly how to follow him on the way, even the way to the cross.
We need the gift of vision so that we can see Jesus in the homeless and hungry of society; so that we can see Jesus in people who are different from us, even in our enemies.
We need the gift of vision to see Jesus in those we dislike and the marginalized, in every one we meet in our journey of life.
So that from now on we are a Bartimaeus people, totally confident in Jesus' healing power, as we surrender ourselves, our woes, and our hopes to the Lord.
Because just like the psalmist we declare with conviction:"The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Ps 126:3).
A blessed Sunday to us all. And thank you for a moment with God.
Deo Optimo Maximo
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