Monday of the Thirty-third Week of Ordinary Time
(I Maccabees 1:10-15.41-43.54-57.62-63; Luke 18:35-43)
Many contemporary Christians suffer a blindness akin to the
beggar’s in today’s gospel. They long to
know for sure that Jesus has risen from the dead and will come to judge them at
the end of time. In other words, they
want to see the Lord.
In the passage Jesus hears the blind man’s plea and seeks his
caller out. Then he asks what he might
do for him. The beggar requests that he
might see and is immediately satisfied. Of
course, he loses no time in following the Lord.
If we want to see, we should follow the blind man’s example. The Lord is waiting to hear our request. We should ask, humbly but firmly, for insights
into the realities of faith. When we
receive them, we should leave doubts behind to follow the Lord.
