The Proclamation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke
[35] Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.
[36] And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant. [37] And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. [38] And he cried out, saying: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. [39] And they that went before, rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me. [40] And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him,
[41] Saying: What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see. [42] And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made thee whole. [43] And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
St. Luke the evangelist tells us about a blind beggar, the Lord
Jesus, the people who knows Jesus and shares the name of Jesus, and those
people who wants to shut-up the persons who calls Jesus loudly and persistently
and perseveringly loudly and loudest. The blind beggar calls God like an
attention-seeker or limelight stealer or disturber in order to be seen, we call
this in Filipino as "papansin" and, "epal" in a less vulgar
word.
We can deduce (pardon me for using the
word. I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes) in the Gospel for today that there are
different kinds of people. Let me show them to you:
First are the people who were blind to the
truth and begging for light or begging to other people for they are in
darkness, they want to feel in order to see, in order to have sight. This kind
of people hopes (of course!) and dreams that the day will come when they will
have their sight - to feel more clearly everything the eyes sees. Some blind
persons who were literally blind see more clearly - for they have faith in God,
and they are dancing in the dark with God as their partner in dancing. But some
blind persons are governed by feelings and emotions and not by light - by faith
and reason. This blind people do not know the reality that faith and reason
must govern feelings and emotions. The senses of man must be governed by faith
and reason or by light and truth. I do not condemn feelings and emotions but
these two must be governed by truth and
light. For just as time and space is where everyone and everything is living
and moving and God is beyond or above the time and space, so must be the
feelings and emotions must be subjected in obedience to faith, reason, light,
and truth. Feelings and emotions is where a human being is prisoned. The body
of man is corrupted by sin and death, darkness, ignorance,
and blindness. So must the soul be the
master of the body and not the other way around. For we must understand that the
soul is of light, truth, faith, and reason that gives the soul life on this
earth and life in God which we call eternal life. That's why in making
meditations of the Gospels, I always pray the PRAYER OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
BEFORE STUDY (the long version). I allow God, I allow the Holy Spirit to work
in me - God wants me to be a man of light, faith, reason, and truth - and
feelings and emotions must be my slave and God's slave as well.
Second are the people who know God and
shares who is God to every people especially the blind who want to see the
Truth who is Jesus Christ Himself. These people shares God also to those blind
persons who do not yet know the truth like the pagans. Some of these people
shares the truth to those blind persons who do not want to see, those who are
not calling or seeking for the Truth and wants to be blind forever - the
Protestants, Born-Agains, cults and sects like Iglesia ni Manalo, atheists,
agnostics, Freemasons, and many more. There are also persons who have a burning
desire to spread the Gospel (I'm one of them), to spread the Truth, and to
spread God like a mayonnaise - for they are governed by God. They are governed
by truth, light, reason, and faith. God is working in them. God is inside of
them. These people know the Will of the Father who wants Jesus to be revealed.
And the last group of people are those who
want the blinds and the beggars be a blind and a beggar forever. They persecute
and turn to silence those who are in hunger and thirst for the Truth and for
salvation and healing. Those who are in need they persecute. These people are
self-righteous people - these people are very sure of their salvation and they
will never be damned - and they are proud and arrogant and their pride is
evident. Mayabang or arrogant in its fullness! These persons uses the Truth
blasphemously for their own happiness and own satisfaction. They are extremely
worst than blinds and the beggars for the Truth is not in them. They are the
blind guides who leads the blind and who both falls into a pit of eternal
damnation. Although some of them share the Truth in a perverse way to the
blinds and the beggars, they are just doing this for their own sake. The blinds
and the beggars will forever be blinds and beggars - governed by feelings and
emotions that they ignorantly treat as the Truth.
Let us not hesitate to shout and to call
and to get the attention of God for He will surely call for us in return for us
to be healed and saved by Him. But we must first desire to be healed and be
saved in order for God to heal and save us. We must say to God our desires and
this is what we call prayer. God wants us to know our desire that is why He
asked the blind beggar what he wants. Although God fully knows and already
knows what we want or what we desire, still, He wants us to express these desires
to Him! He is calling us to pray to Him for prayer is the only way that
expresses our desire for God. That's why the meaning of Prayer is a desire for
God. Let us rejoice then and glorify and praise God who established prayer for
us to connect ourselves to Him. Let us follow God who gives us light, truth,
faith, reason, and above all, love.
Here are some points to consider:
1. We must be a person of unceasing
prayer.
2. We must be a person of faith, reason,
light and truth. Not a person of darkness, sin, ignorance, blindness, feelings,
and emotions.
3. We must be Truth seeker and defender.
Paraphrasing my great brother St. Thomas Aquinas, "Truth cannot be
destroyed nor cannot be attacked for it in itself is strength and great shield.
Truth is truth. It will defend itself. Truth is as solid as God."
4. The meaning of Prayer is prayer is a
desire for God.
5. Rejoice and glorify and praise God
always!
6. We must all go and set the world on
fire!
"Jesus, I trust in You." "O
Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee."
Go and set the world on fire!
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!
Mary H. Distributist
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