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:
A woman who
was a come and go Catholic suddenly decided to leave the church in favor for
another Christian denomination. When she was asked why she decided to leave she
said: “The protestant faith opened my eyes to the real Christian church.”
Perhaps we
know of Catholics who are not well versed about the basic teachings of the
church. They are also vulnerable to abandon the faith. What should we do? We
must be the vehicle for their enlightenment about the truths of the catholic
faith.
Let us open
their eyes and let them know that we don’t worship the saints. Let us open
their eyes and let them know that the Catholic church was founded by Jesus
through Peter. Let us open their eyes and let them know that the Holy Bible is
the book of the church that we must always read.
There are
many more truths about the church that our fellow Catholics do not know yet.
Let us allow ourselves to be Jesus’ vehicle so that their eyes of faith will be
opened. So that they will not anymore be blinded to decide to leave the church which
Jesus founded through Peter. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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