PRI Reflections on Scripture | Friday of the 1st Week of Advent

Join Msgr. Don Fischer as he reads and delivers a short reflection on today’s gospel, followed by 3 1/2 minutes of contemplative music and a closing prayer. Msgr. Don hopes that today’s reflection on the gospel will empower you to carry the Word in your heart throughout the day.

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Gospel

Matthew 9:27-31

As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!" When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" "Yes, Lord," they said to him. Then he touched their eyes and said, "Let it be done for you according to your faith." And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." But they went out and spread word of him through all that land.

Reflection

The message that this reading contains is that there is something so essential about us opening our hearts or minds to something far beyond what we could ever understand. And so when we look at the blindness of these two men and God's desire, God's Spirit in Jesus longing to help them to see. The important thing is what they're going to see is the truth, the essence of what life is.

That they will know that the Holy Spirit is given to every human being and awakens in them. The power that that spirit is intended to be used for.

To help other people to see, to understand, to know.

Closing Prayer

Father, the Holy Spirit is the one that enlightens. And the image of being healed of blindness is a simple image of being freed from everything that is not true. Free from all the illusions and half truths that we are stuck with because they were given to us in such a vulnerable age. Bless us with freedom to know you fully, to see the truth. We ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Kyle Cross