SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY 5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II 9TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY, 5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CYCLE II 9TH FEBRUARY 2024 1Kings 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps.81; Mark 7:31-37 Healed to Serve In today’s gospel, Jesus heals a man who was both deaf and dumb at the request of those who brought the man to him. Since the man was not lame we can imagine that he could have resisted going to Jesus if he never wanted to. To have allowed himself to be brought to Jesus speaks of his desire to hear and speak again. So, implicit in the request of the people was the request of the man himself. The healing of the man is very symbolic. Whenever God gives us a gift, he wants us to use it for service in docility to his word. In healing the deaf and dumb man, Jesus wanted him to dedicate these organs of his body to the gospel. The healing is more spiritual than physical. This explains why Jesus first sighed before healing the man. Some theologians say that he sighed because those who asked Jesus to heal the man did so with the impression that only the man ...