Mk 8:22-26
22When [Jesus and his disciples] arrived at Bethsaida, [people] brought to [Jesus] a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23He
took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting
spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked, “Do you see
anything?” 24Looking up he replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.” 25Then he laid hands on his eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly. 26Then he sent him home and said, “Do not even go into the village.”
Reflection:
He laid hands on his eyes a second time.
Jesus heals the blind man of Bethsaida. But unlike most miracles, the
healing is a gradual recovery of sight. The blind man is brought to
Jesus who takes the blind man by the hand and leads him outside the
village. Jesus lays his hands on the blind man who reports seeing
“people looking like trees and walking.” Jesus touches the blind man’s
eyes a second time, and the man now sees everything clearly and
distinctly.
This progressive recovery of sight
signifies the process of conversion—being brought to Jesus, healed, and
converted; becoming a disciple, being admonished not to go back to
one’s former life, and being sent on mission. It also illustrates the
gradual understanding of people, especially of the disciples, about the
person and the mission of Jesus.
Name the people in your lifewhom you wish to bring to Jesus.How do you envision doing it?
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