Healing of the blind man (HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Homily for Wednesday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time Genesis 8:6-13,20-22; Mark 8:22-26. We have in the first reading the subsiding of the flood, and Noah and his family coming out of the ark. The first thing Noah did was to offer a burnt offering to the Lord. He acknowledged that everything that happened to him, his household, and animals was a result of God's mercy and goodness. Everything about us, especially the gift of our life, is a result of God's mercy and goodness. How do we express our gratitude to God? The Psalmist says, "How can I repay the Lord for His goodness to me? The cup of salvation I will raise, I will call on the Lord's name." (Psalm 116:12-13). In today's Gospel, we have the healing of a blind man by Jesus. There is something unusual about the way Jesus healed people. Jesus usually cured people instantly, but the healing of this blind man was gradually. To see nothing at all and then see indistinctly was something unique. For this blind ...