THE HEALING OF BLIND BARTIMAEUS (Mk. 10:46-52)
Today’s Gospel reading is about the healing of the blind beggar Bartimaeus. When the blind beggar Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was passing by he began to shout and say, “Jesus, Son of David have mercy on me”. Many ordered him sternly to be quite, and the Bible says that he cried out even more louder. The more the people tried to make him silent, the more louder he cried out to Jesus for help.
This Gospel contains encouraging, consoling and inspiring message to each one of us. The situation we are living in today may be trying our faith and trust in God. The pandemic and its effects, unemployment, poverty, misery, debts, misunderstanding, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness, fear, anxiety, depression and all the drudgeries of life may tend to weigh us down from faith and prayer life.
Itt is here in such situations we are encouraged by the blind Bartimaeus, to call for God’s help even more louder and definitely Jesus will come to our rescue as healer and saviour. With this trust and confidence in God let us carry on our life gracefully with all its problems and worries placing all our hope in the Lord alone.
