Gospel: Matthew
9:27-31
As Jesus
passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on
us!” When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to
them, “Do you believe that I can do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they said to him. Then
he touched their eyes and said, “Let it be done for you according to your
faith.” And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one
knows about this.” But they went out and spread word of him through all that land.
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Reflection:
What
causes spiritual blindness? It’s our love affair with this world, love affair
means that we are overly concerned about how we look. We are overly concerned
of the external impression of our fellowmen about us. And we are overly fixated
with chasing material wealth, power and other worldly appendage. All of these
cause our spiritual blindness.
In the
gospel, we have two physically blind men who are not blind spiritually because
recognized the presence of Jesus who was passing by them. Thus, they shouted toward Jesus “Son of David,
have pity on us!” And very quckly Jesus
did not disappoint them.
We must
not allow this world to rob us of our spiritual vision for the simple reason
that this is where we would discover the true essence and meaning of life. We
have to understand that life is not about earthly riches, influence and so
forth for what is the use of riches and influence if we don’t have Jesus in our
lives?
The
moment we decide to faithfully follow Jesus our spiritual blindness will be
cured and we will see things differently very different from how we see it
before. We would be able to discover that nothing matters in this world except
the love and light of Jesus.
Jesus
Himself said this: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not
walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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