LET ME SEE

 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way. (Mk 10, 46-53)

Followed by his disciples and a sizeable crowd, Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. He was walking ahead of them. He had accepted his father’s will, and “entered willingly into his Passion”. He was decidedly leading them all the way. The crowd would have heard about what the religious authorities were plotting against him, and they were amazed, and those who followed him were afraid.
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A meditation on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings Genesis 2, 18-24 / Mark 10, 2-16

Today’s liturgy of the Word speaks to us about God’s project for us human beings.

The book of Genesis tells us the story of the creation of humankind whom God made in his image. He created them male and female and he wanted them collaborators with Him in caring for the rest of his creation. The original state, in which humans were created, was that of the companionship of equals, not ownership by one or the other. It was love, not domination and subjection that God wanted, for He, the Creator, is love.

The gospel tells us how the Pharisees, in order to test Jesus, asked him if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife, “for any cause?” Matthew adds. In God’s plan there was no hint of any separation between a man and his wife. So when Jesus quoted the creation story in his response to the Pharisees, he added the command: “What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."