The Blind Man—Discover the Layers of Meaning Present

Blessed Meditations

November 18, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 18:35-43; Matthew 20:29-34. Quoting from "Friends of God" Points 190-204 (Living by Faith) by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/living-by-faith and from "The Forge" Point 754 in escriva.org/en/forja/754; and from the Catechism of the Catholic Church Point 103-104 in /www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_one/chapter_two/article_3.html quoting Dei Verbum Points 21 and 24 in www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html. Reference on Spiritual Reading: opusdei.org/en-ph/article/what-is-spiritual-reading. Image: "Christ Healing the Blind Man" by Francesco de Mura in the National Trust, Basildon Park UK (Wikimedia Commons). Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria Lascia che io pianga adapted for guitar by Bart Alink. Fr. Nicolai's Note: This passage lends itself to our prayer, because we can easily conjure up the image, the sounds, the atmosphere, the smells, that the blind man was experiencing. We weren’t there, and we too are blind, in a way. And he reacted. Saint Josemaria has a long commentary on this passage in Friends of God, from a meditation he preached on October 12, 1947. How do I really read the Word of God, Holy Scripture, to its fullest meaning?