The Gospel for Friday of the first week of Advent is taken from Matthew 9:27 31st verse. 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 the land. The message that this reading contains is that there’s something so essential about us opening our hearts, our 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. Please take a moment to reflect and then I will close with a prayer. Closing Prayer Father, the Holy Spirit is the one that enlightens.

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