READINGS
1.Sirach 42:15-25 ( God fills the universe with an infinite
variety of life strange and Marvellous.)
2. The Gospel: Mark
10:46-52 ( Jesus heals Bartimaeus of
blindness because of his faith)
Blind but still vigorous
Jesus in our today’s gospel is teaching us a lesson concerning giving
room to those who seek him through faith. Jesus in this scenario is becoming
critical to those who prevent others from coming to believe and have faith in
him. In our life experience there are many things that are acting as obstacles
preventing us to meet Jesus, these are like materialism, ideological beliefs,
modernization, globalization, family ties and man’s emancipation from religion
attitude. Jesus for example ignored all those who wanted to prevent blind
Bartimaeus from making contact with him. Instead of shutting doors to people’s
faces, Jesus today wants each one of us to be his ambassadors to ensure that
the doors of the kingdom are opened to those who yearn for the Kingdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is not a personal thing/ a private issue, it is open for all
people, we should not be a reason/ obstacles for others to attain the Kingdom
of God, instead we have to lead others and reveal to them about the Kingdom of
God. Thus our calling as baptized Christians is to make sure that we are
leading others who have not meet Christ to meet him.
We need to recognize Jesus with eyes of faith as Bartimaeus recognized
him with eyes of faith and later on opened his eyes. This is an important
question we have to ask our selves that in our spiritual journey where have we
been blinded to an extent that we cannot see Jesus in our lives and others? Our
failures and weaknesses are parts in our spiritual life that need to be washed
by the church’s sacraments( the frequent reception of the sacrament of
reconciliation, and Eucharist) Through receiving the sacraments it is when
Jesus opens our blinded aspects of our spiritual life.
Hakuna maoni:
Chapisha Maoni