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| Mark 10:35-45 |
In
today’s Gospel we read about a young blind man named Bartimaeus who hears that
Jesus is walking past him and starts crying out to Jesus, ‘have pity on me’. The people around him tell him to stop making
such a scene and to be quiet, but he continues to call to Jesus. Upon hearing
Bartimaeus Jesus called him over and asked him ‘what do you want me to do for you?’ Bartimaeus replies, ‘Master, I want to see’. Jesus responds, ‘Go your way; your faith has saved you’, and immediately
he received his sight.
Bartimaeus
is a great role model for all of us. He was told to be quiet and not make a scene
but sometimes doing what is right and being a follower of Jesus means upsetting
some social norms and not being quiet! Bartimaeus had faith that Jesus could
heal him and the courage to put himself out there to ask. Jesus promises us that
ask and you shall receive, seek and you
shall find. Notice that in the Gospel Jesus does not heal him from his
visibly obvious handicap right away, rather, Jesus waits for Bartimaeus to ask
Him, to be honest and with himself and with Jesus. Each of us carries insecurities,
fears, sufferings and experiences of brokenness. Our lower-self tells us to
hide or bury these things (as if they go away!) but our higher-self, rooted in
our identity as the Beloved Sons and Daughters of God, invites us to offer them
to Jesus with faith and confidence that He will transform brokenness into
wholeness.
Throughout
the whole world we 1 Billion+ Catholics are celebrating the Year of Faith where we are asked to
reflect this year upon our own personal lives of faith and to experience a
conversion to a deeper faith in Jesus. May we imitate Bartimaeus in approaching
Jesus with faith and confidence and asking for what we need! For more
information visit USCCB.org
This Week:
-What
are the things that weigh on your heart or that you want Jesus to help you
with? This week, pray each day for Jesus to help you praying “Jesus I trust in
you”
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