{"id":22124,"date":"2021-05-27T06:17:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T10:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/?p=22124"},"modified":"2021-05-27T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:32:35","slug":"gods-work-of-healing-our-blindness-8th-thursday-i-may-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/gods-work-of-healing-our-blindness-8th-thursday-i-may-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Wondrous Work of Healing Our Blindness, 8th Thursday (I), May 27, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Roger J. Landry<br \/>\nSacred Heart Convent of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan<br \/>\nThursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year I<br \/>\nMemorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury<br \/>\nMay 27, 2021<br \/>\nSir 42:15-25, Ps 33, Mk 10:46-52<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to an audio recording of today\u2019s homily, please click below:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22124-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The following thoughts were attempted in the homily:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Book of Sirach today, Ben Sira, helped by the Holy Spirit, tries to &#8220;recall God&#8217;s works&#8221; and does so even though &#8220;even God&#8217;s holy ones must fail in recounting the wonders of the Lord.&#8221; He describes with wonder God&#8217;s creation at his word, his capacity to plumb depth and heart, his knowledge, wisdom, beauty. We continue that praise in the Psalm, trying to sing him a new song since &#8220;by the word of the Lord the heavens were made&#8221; and all God&#8217;s works are trustworthy. That spirit of praise is meant to influence our entire life, but with regard to the redemption we must go, as our prayer on Christmas day bids us, from &#8220;<em>mirabiliter<\/em>&#8221; to &#8220;<em>mirabilius<\/em>&#8220;: &#8220;O God who wondrously created man and even more wondrously redeemed him.&#8221; We see the whole pattern of the even more wondrous redemption in the extraordinary Gospel scene with Bartimaeus, the blind man.<\/li>\n<li>Jericho\u00a0is the lowest place on earth, more below sea level than any other location. Jesus was passing through the depths of the human world in order to ascend the 15 mile road up hill that leads to Jerusalem, where he would suffer and die to lift us up. \u00a0St. Mark tells us,\u00a0\u201cBartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road side begging.\u201d Bartimaeus was not born blind, but had become blind over the course of time. We see that in the verb he uses later \u2014\u00a0<em>anablepo \u2014<\/em> asking Jesus in the Greek to \u201csee again.\u201d But he hadn\u2019t just lost his sight. To some degree, he had lost the dignity he would have had. He was sitting by the road side begging. He could not rely on himself anymore. He needed help. He had hit rock bottom. He was in the depth of the valley of darkness in the lowest place on earth. But it was precisely in that spiritual poverty that Jesus would come to meet him, as many times he has likewise come to us. When he heard that Jesus was passing by, he\u00a0didn\u2019t cry out for alms, which would have been small. He didn\u2019t cry out at that point for a miracle. He cried out simply for mercy. &#8220;Jesus, son of David, have pity on me!\u201d He had doubtless heard of Jesus\u2019 reputation for working miracles to the north in Galilee and was responding in faith. The fact that he called him \u201cSon of David\u201d was a sign he believed Jesus was the Messiah. The word St. Luke uses for crying out means basically an animal cry, something coming deep from his woundedness. And his prayer would be answered.\u00a0Jesus stopped and said, \u201cCall him.\u201d Like rabbis were accustomed to do on all their pilgrimages to Jerusalem for the major feasts, Jesus was teaching the crowds along the journey. But when he heard Bartimaeus\u2019 pleas, he stopped in his tracks and ordered that Bartimaeus be brought to him. For Jesus caring for this man was more important than what he was teaching at that moment, because he was about to show the Gospel rather than just verbally describe it. He was also going to show how he responds to persistent prayer.\u00a0They said to Bartimaeus, \u201cTake courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.\u201d It would have been very easy for Jesus to come to meet Bartimaeus exactly where he was begging. But Jesus loved him too much and understands the human heart too well to do that. Instead he drew near, he got close, but then he had Bartimaeus get up to come to him, to exercise Bartimaeus\u2019 freedom, to stoke his desire, to give him greater participation in the miracle Jesus himself was about to accomplish. It takes courage to get up and leave our comfort zone to respond to the Lord. Bartimaeus had that courage and did.\u00a0\u201cHe threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.\u201d \u00a0The cloak was his outer garment that kept him warm at night. It was in a sense his security blanket. It was quite valuable to him and part of his life. But he was intentionally embracing a new life and establishing a new security. He left it behind, which is not just a fact but an important symbol of how he was thinking more about clinging to Jesus and the new life for which he was hoping than clinging to the past. And even though he was blind, he got up immediately. He always raced to respond to his being called by the Lord. Unlike the excuse makers in other sections of the Gospel who said that they would follow Jesus after they had buried their father (who might die three decades later), inspected their oxen, enjoyed their honeymoon, etc., Bartimaeus responded with alacrity. \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?,\u201d Jesus asked him.\u00a0\u201cMaster, I want to see.\u201d The Latin words for this have become a very popular Christian aspiration, \u201c<em>Domine, ut videam<\/em>!\u201d Bartimaeus says, \u201cI want to see! I want to live in the light. I want to see things as they really are. I want to see you!\u201d The verb used here in Greek is \u201cI want to see again.\u201d He wants to live in grace again. He wants to live anew in the light. He knows what he lost and he knows where to find it. To say to Jesus, \u201cI want to see!,\u201d is not just to turn to a healer and ask him to restore his vision. It\u2019s to say I want to live in your vision. St. John would write in his Gospel, \u201cI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have the light of life.\u201d That\u2019s the gift for which Bartimaeus was begging. But Jesus gives something even more.\u00a0\u201cGo your way; your faith has saved you.\u201d \u00a0The Lord not only gave him his wish to see but heard his initial cry to have mercy on him, and Jesus\u2019 generosity far outdid Bartimaeus\u2019 imagination to ask. Faith in response to God leads to salvation, and even though Bartimaeus didn\u2019t dare ask for that, God gave it. \u00a0St. Mark tells us,\u00a0\u201cImmediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.\u201d Bartimaeus used his freedom to follow Jesus. He left the depth of Jericho behind and followed him up to Jerusalem, he followed him on Palm Sunday, he followed up on the Way of the Cross, he followed him. And St. Luke comments, \u201cHe immediately received his sight and followed him, giving glory to God, and when they saw this, all the people gave praise to God\u201d (Lk 18:43). He spent the rest of his life glorifying God in such a way that others joined him in that divine praise. This doxological sequela is what the Christian life is all about!<\/li>\n<li>This journey is something each of us is called to make as a disciple. Jesus is constantly passing by and he&#8217;s calling us. He asks what we want. And we respond we want to see things in his own light. And then he wants us to help others to learn how to live in the light of Him who is the Light of the World, spreading that light, spreading that desire to praise God for all his works. This explains the life of\u00a0St. Augustine of Canterbury, whom we celebrate today. He sought God as a Benedictine monk in the monastery founded by the future Pope St. Gregory the Great in Rome and eventually was sent by St. Gregory the Great to re-evangelize Anglo-Saxon England, to help the whole country &#8220;see again.&#8221; Today at this Mass, after having cried out for mercy at the beginning, we respond to Jesus&#8217; query,\u00a0\u201cWhat do you want me to do for you!,\u201d by asking for the grace to see Him in the Eucharist, to see him in those we serve, to see him in all those crying out, and finally with them one day to see him face-to-face forever, where we hope to join in the everlasting praise of Sirach, the Psalms, all creation and all the more wondrously redeemed!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The readings for today\u2019s Mass were:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Reading 1\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/sirach\/42:15|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=f2f8b6c29b&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">Sir 42:15-25<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">Now will I recall God\u2019s works;<br \/>\nwhat I have seen, I will describe.<br \/>\nAt God\u2019s word were his works brought into being;<br \/>\nthey do his will as he has ordained for them.<br \/>\nAs the rising sun is clear to all,<br \/>\nso the glory of the LORD fills all his works;<br \/>\nYet even God\u2019s holy ones must fail<br \/>\nin recounting the wonders of the LORD,<br \/>\nThough God has given these, his hosts, the strength<br \/>\nto stand firm before his glory.<br \/>\nHe plumbs the depths and penetrates the heart;<br \/>\ntheir innermost being he understands.<br \/>\nThe Most High possesses all knowledge,<br \/>\nand sees from of old the things that are to come:<br \/>\nHe makes known the past and the future,<br \/>\nand reveals the deepest secrets.<br \/>\nNo understanding does he lack;<br \/>\nno single thing escapes him.<br \/>\nPerennial is his almighty wisdom;<br \/>\nhe is from all eternity one and the same,<br \/>\nWith nothing added, nothing taken away;<br \/>\nno need of a counselor for him!<br \/>\nHow beautiful are all his works!<br \/>\neven to the spark and fleeting vision!<br \/>\nThe universe lives and abides forever;<br \/>\nto meet each need, each creature is preserved.<br \/>\nAll of them differ, one from another,<br \/>\nyet none of them has he made in vain,<br \/>\nFor each in turn, as it comes, is good;<br \/>\ncan one ever see enough of their splendor?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Responsorial Psalm\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/psalms\/33:2|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=7f5691ddc3&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">PS 33:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">R. (6a)\u00a0<strong>By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.<\/strong><br \/>\nGive thanks to the LORD on the harp;<br \/>\nwith the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.<br \/>\nSing to him a new song;<br \/>\npluck the strings skillfully, with shouts of gladness.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.<\/strong><br \/>\nFor upright is the word of the LORD<br \/>\nand all his works are trustworthy.<br \/>\nHe loves justice and right;<br \/>\nof the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.<\/strong><br \/>\nBy the word of the LORD the heavens were made;<br \/>\nby the breath of his mouth all their host.<br \/>\nHe gathers the waters of the sea as in a flask;<br \/>\nin cellars he confines the deep.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.<\/strong><br \/>\nLet all the earth fear the LORD;<br \/>\nlet all who dwell in the world revere him.<br \/>\nFor he spoke, and it was made;<br \/>\nhe commanded, and it stood forth.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Alleluia\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/john\/8:12|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=c7f162c3a0&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">Jn 8:12<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>R.\u00a0<strong>Alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong><br \/>\nI am the light of the world, says the Lord;<br \/>\nwhoever follows me will have the light of life.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>Alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Gospel\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/mark\/10:46|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=bed2ff3d3b&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">Mk 10:46-52<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd,<br \/>\nBartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus,<br \/>\nsat by the roadside begging.<br \/>\nOn hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth,<br \/>\nhe began to cry out and say,<br \/>\n\u201cJesus, son of David, have pity on me.\u201d<br \/>\nAnd many rebuked him, telling him to be silent.<br \/>\nBut he kept calling out all the more, \u201cSon of David, have pity on me.\u201d<br \/>\nJesus stopped and said, \u201cCall him.\u201d<br \/>\nSo they called the blind man, saying to him,<br \/>\n\u201cTake courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.\u201d<br \/>\nHe threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.<br \/>\nJesus said to him in reply, \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d<br \/>\nThe blind man replied to him, \u201cMaster, I want to see.\u201d<br \/>\nJesus told him, \u2018Go your way; your faith has saved you.\u201d<br \/>\nImmediately he received his sight<br \/>\nand followed him on the way.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.09.44-PM.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.09.44-PM.png?resize=189%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3413\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22124-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/?powerpress_pinw=22124-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"5.27.21_Homily_1.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. 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