Monday, November 21, 2011

12/2/2011 – Homily for Friday of the first week Advent – Isaiah 29:17-24; Matthew 9:27-31


The blind men cry out to Jesus, they ask him to have pity on them.     They put their faith in Jesus, they truly believe that he can heal them.  Out of their faith, Jesus brings healing into their lives.
Our faith can certainly bring about miracles, but perhaps we do not see all of the miracles in which God is at work in our lives.  Sometimes, if we just open ourselves to new experiences in our lives, if we open up ourselves to new possibilities in which God can work in us, then we will be surprised as to how God can work his miracles in us. Isaiah tells us of a day in which the deaf will hear the words of a book, in which the eyes will be able to see out of the gloom and darkness of our world.  And we are preparing for that day, for that day when Jesus comes as a light in our world, a light that is shining in the darkness, a light that gives us the hope to endure all that we are struggling through in life. Just as the blind men had faith that brought about great changes in their lives, may our faith also bring many different possibilities into our own lives & into the lives of those to whom we witness.  

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