Wednesday, May 26, 2021

8th Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, 27-05-2021

Ecclesiasticus 42:15-25 / Mark 10:46-52       

A name is used to identify an object or some living thing.

While the names of objects and creatures are usually generic, the name of a human being is different.

We are identified by a particular name and others will know us by our names and know who we are specifically.

In the gospel, there was a blind beggar known Bartimaeus, but that is not his actual name.

As the gospel explains it, "Bartimaeus" means "the son of Timaeus". So the blind man doesn't have an actual name to be identified with.

But it was this "Bartimaeus" who shouted out the true identity of Jesus, with titles like "Son of David", "Rabunni" and "Master".

And more than that, he also appealed to Jesus to take pity on him.

For that, Jesus restored his sight, but Jesus also said that it was his faith that saved him.

Bartimaeus had his sight restored, and he also saw himself with an identity. 

May we too see ourselves as created in the image of Jesus, and may we show others who Jesus really is by our faith.