4th Sunday, October 2015

Hi! and happy holy and family day to all of us; and, it's just 61 days to go before Christmas, GUYS.  Our today's first-thing-first:

 

THE GOOD NEWS (25 October 2015)

 

                1st Reading  :  Jeremiah 31:7-9

 

                Psalm           :  Psalm 126:1-6

 

                2nd Reading:  Hebrew 5:1-6

 

               Gospel          :  Mark 10:46-52



"They came to Jericho.  As JESUS was leaving Jericho with HIS disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.  On hearing that it was JESUS of Nazareth passing by, he began to call out, 'Son of David, JESUS, have mercy on me!'  Many people scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have mercy on me!'

JESUS stopped and said, 'Call him.'  So they called the blind man saying, 'Take heart.  Get up, HE is calling you.'  He immediately threw aside his cloak, jumped up and went to JESUS.

Then JESUS asked him, 'What do you want me to do for you?'  The blind man said, 'Master, let me see again!'  And JESUS said to him, 'Go your way, your faith has made you well.'  And immediately he could see, and he followed JESUS along the road." - Mark 10:46-52

 

(GOD is the one who moves us to ask something of HIM.  The blind man understands that if he lets this opportunity go by, there will not be another chance, which is why he shouts all the more while the rest try to silence him.

 

Son of David!  was a way of designating the Messiah.)