Ecclesiasticus 42:15-25 / Mark 10:46-52
We are often told to look where we are going.
That is certainly necessarily if we want to stay clear of accidents and mishaps.
Yet we generally just look at one or two steps ahead.
We don't usually look around us to see where we are or what is happening around us.
In a sense we have a myopic, tunneled vision in that we are only interested in what is just before us.
Yet the 1st reading tells us to look up, to gaze at what is around us in wonder and awe.
Not just to look at, but also to listen to, the wonders and the magnificence of God's works.
In the gospel, the blind man Bartimaeus had his sight restored.
He was able to see again but his sight enabled him to gaze on Jesus, his healer and saviour.
We too can see, but let us also ask the Lord to help us gaze deeper into the mystery of His wonderful love for us, especially in the Eucharist.