Gospel: Mark 8:22-26
When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him
a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand
and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands
on the man and asked, “Do you see anything?”Looking up the man replied, “I see
people looking like trees and walking.” Then he laid hands on the man’s eyes a
second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see
everything distinctly. Then he sent him home and said, “Do not even go into the
village.”
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Reflection:
Have you brought someone to Jesus?
When Jesus and His party arrived at Bethsaida people brought to Him a blind
man and they asked Jesus to cure him. Who were those people who brought the
blind man to Jesus? We don’t know who they were. But even if we don’t know them
we know that they believed in Jesus. We also know that they lived their faith
otherwise they would have not brought the blind man to Jesus.
Do you believe in Jesus and are you living your faith? It’s quite easy to
say that we believe in the Lord but have we brought someone closer to the Lord?
Believing in the Lord is not enough we also have to live our belief in the
Lord. What is the use if we say that we believe yet we don’t live our belief?
We therefore have to live this belief in the Lord by bringing our fellowmen
closer to the Lord.
Jesus wants us to know that there are many more blind men and women out
there who badly need to be brought to Him. Let us look around our environment
and we would find them. Let us make friends with them by living our faith and
let us share the life changing words of Jesus with them. Our faith bears more
fruits when we bring others closer to Jesus.
Have you already brought someone closer to Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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