Apocalypse 1:1-4 - 2:1-5 / Luke 18:35-43
There is a phrase which we use to express a sincere empathy and compassion for a person.
We would say : you have got to be in his shoes to know what he is going through.
To be really in someone's shoes is to feel how he feels, to see how he sees things as well as to understand his thoughts.
For the blind man in today's gospel, he saw nothing other than to bring his needs before Jesus.
He just needed Jesus to listen to him and understand how he felt about life and how he longed for sight.
Jesus asked the blind man this question : What do you want me to do for you?
If Jesus were to ask us that same question, what would be our immediate response?
If we have to think awhile for an answer or have to make a choice of several options, then we may not be desperately needing Jesus, as the blind man needed him.
So if Jesus were to ask us that question let us ask that we love Him more and more.
In the first reading, the Lord had a complaint against the church of Ephesus.
He said that they have less love now than they used to.
May our only prayer request to Jesus is that we will love Him more and more everyday.