Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 9:27-31 (December 5, 2014). As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!” When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I can do this? Yes, Lord, they said to him. Then he touched their eyes and said, Let it be done for you according to your faith. And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, See that no one knows about this. But they went out and spread word of him through all that land. Meditation: Let it be done for you according to your faith The crowds follow Jesus ; nations and peoples believe in him. And now, see two blind men seated at the roadside (Mt 20,29f.). These are an image of those faithful who bind themselves to him by believing in the mysteries of his humanity. They long for illumination from on high; they ask for some ray of light concerning the eternal Word. Christ’s humanity is the road leading to salvation. It is through Jesus, by faith in the Incarnation and Passion of the Son of God that they strive to obtain what they desire. In fact Jesus passes by, so to speak, in the mystery of his mortal life; the work he accomplishes is the measure of his passage in time. To make ourselves heard by him we have to shout out loudly; we have to overcome the noise and bustle of the crowd; we have to pray insistently and perseveringly. The impulses of the flesh are what besiege the soul like a rabble when it wants to behold the eternal light and which set themselves up against its attempts. It is the influence of the dregs of the society of fleshly men that comes to prevent the spirit’s meditation. We have to have very great spiritual strength to overcome all these obstacles. Jesus said : « Everyone who asks, receives, everyone who seeks, finds, and to the one who knocks the door will be opened » (Mt 7,8). And so, when he hears those who, in their burning desire, come up to him, Jesus stops on the road, touches those blind men who are asking for light and enlightens them. O wonderful mystery! It is Jesus passing by : his appearance in the frailty of the flesh is only for a moment. It is Jesus who stops: the eternity of the Word is unmoving, renewing all things, changeless in itself. Faith in the Incarnation in time prepares us to understand God’s eternal mystery.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 01:26:22 +0000
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