Thirtieth Sunday B in Ordinary Time, Mk 10, 46-52

Introduction.

The event described by the evangelist St. Mark teaches us to trust God. Light and darkness meet here, Jesus and man. Who can understand the blind man? What is the night of blindness of the eyes? We can understand the helplessness of blind Bartimaeus, how he spreads his hands to the light and begs for healing to see. “Rabbis, so that I may see.” personally, what he asks, and finally Bartimeus, Timaeus’s son, a beggar, is no longer blind, he sees … He no longer has to be a beggar, and he is even richer than many in the crowd around because Jesus praises his faith: “Go, your faith she healed you.” (Mk 10:52)

Sermon
Light and eyes are among the great gifts God has given to man. Without light, there would be no life on earth. The earth would be dead. In his love for the creation of the world, God “saw that light is good and separated light from the darkness” (Gen 1: 4). Without eyes, we would not have seen this gift of God. For the blind, the sun, the moon, the stars, the light bulbs shine in vain… The world of a blind person is a sea of ​​darkness. Bartimaeus’ blindness forced him to beg. We can hardly imagine how unhappy and humble Bartimaeus felt. When the opportunity arises to be like other people, to see, it is no wonder that he puts all his strength into his voice to shout the crowd around Jesus. From one sentence, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me” (Mark 10:47), one can feel pain, hope, desire, a hard fight. son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47) The desire for light is stronger than the curiosity of those pushing around Jesus. Blind passion is a new path in life. In the end, he wins.

We are not blind. We see a fabulous, quenching sun that “enlightens every man” (Jn 1:19), and yet such a man may be blind. Blind in the soul. The work of God’s hands – the sun in the sky – shine on such a person in vain. Man in sin lives in darkness. The eyes of the soul do not see the love of God. The power and warmth of God’s love cannot make the soul happy when one does not desire to accept it as one’s own. A blind person in the soul does not want eternal, joyful life with God. By his sin, man voluntarily becomes blind. The blind man closes his eyes to God through his fault, his gifts, his eternal happiness. God wants such a blind man to shout, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47), also by our prayer to God. Let us not let the light of grace go out for us. May God alone is our light. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (Jn 8:12) Through his teachings, miracles, and death and resurrection, Jesus gives us sufficient proof of this.
The world around us often wants to seduce us, to err on the path to Christ. It offers us a false light. The light that dazzles but does not heat. The light that is not Jesus has no power of life. Every morning outside of Jesus cannot last forever, and it goes out before we know it. The light of money, power, pride, glory, egoism, hatred leads man to eternal darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Jesus is the true and only sun that never sets. Only in the light of faith, the teachings of Jesus Christ, can we find the right path and walk it to a specific eternal goal.

The event of the healing of the blind Bartholomew does not end with the rally, but with the remark: “He saw and followed him by the way” (Mark 10:52). We, too, have already been healed from the blindness of the soul. Note SV. Mark is challenged to follow Jesus, even when we have to suffer and die with Jesus for our faith. Jesus had compassion for the suffering. Only Jesus is a guarantee to us that our lives have meaning. He is our Savior. We, too, need to come to life, be reminded, and see the facts of faith that in the kingdom of God, it is not the great one who commands but the one who serves. He is not a great one who is rich, but one who is poor in spirit. It is not he who wins, who avenges himself, but he who forgives. And it is not he who sees what he says he sees, but he who acknowledges his blindness and cries out, “Rabbis, that I may see” (Mark 10:15). It is not enough to know Jesus, but to live with Jesus. Then we are true Christians when we respond to Jesus’ words, believe in his words, and accept them. Such a living faith heals blindness and gives, as if new eyes, a new vision to us, the followers of Jesus.
Let us not be afraid to call for those who are not yet aware of their blindness. At that time, Bartholomew was brought to the side of the road by Jesus. We cannot do everything for others, but let us do what we can for others so that they too can live happily in the light of Jesus’ love.

Ingersoll was known as the author of several books against the faith. A priest was also present at one dinner. The writer told him that she wanted to talk to him in private about the faith. The priest agreed but asked the writer if he would first tell him what he had experienced on the way to dinner. He said: “

A beggar stood on a street corner, leaning on his club. Two boys ran up to him and started mocking him, then insulting him, and finally, one of them kicked his club, on which the patient leaned and fell to the ground. Nanny, “the writer responded.
The priest remarked on this. “Many people find themselves in a situation where neither science nor the skill of people, only faith, can help them. And you, my friend, are attacking them as hooligans with your attacks on faith, boys, what they can lean on in their hard lives.” The writer became severe. He understood. We also pray for those who do not act responsibly towards the goal of their lives.

Let’s open our eyes more and realize what today’s passage about the healing of the blind reminded us. Let’s do this with the prayer of a soldier who was wounded in battle and was afraid that he would go blind: Sir, don’t take the light from my eyes. But if it is your will, let me not at least lose the light of faith. Jesus, son of David, have mercy!