DAILY- HOMILY

MAY 27, 2010
MEMORIAL, ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP
THURSDAY 8TH WEEK OF EASTER – YEAR II

FIRST PETER 2:2-5, 9-12
Like new-born babies all your longing should be for milk -- the
unadulterated spiritual milk -- which will help you to grow up to
salvation, at any rate if you have tasted that the Lord is good . He
is the living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen by God and
precious to him; set yourselves close to him so that you, too, may be
living stones making a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer
the spiritual sacrifices made acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
But you are a chosen race, a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, a
people to be a personal possession to sing the praises of God who
called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were
a non-people and now you are the People of God; once you were outside
his pity; now you have received pity. I urge you, my dear friends, as
strangers and nomads, to keep yourselves free from the disordered
natural inclinations that attack the soul. Always behave honourably
among gentiles so that they can see for themselves what moral lives
you lead, and when the day of reckoning comes, give thanks to God for
the things which now make them denounce you as criminals.

MARK 10:46-52
They reached Jericho; and as he left Jericho with his disciples and a
great crowd, Bartimaeus -- that is, the son of Timaeus -- a blind
beggar, was sitting at the side of the road. When he heard that it was
Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and cry out, 'Son of David,
Jesus, have pity on me.' And many of them scolded him and told him to
keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have
pity on me.' Jesus stopped and said, 'Call him here.' So they called
the blind man over. 'Courage,' they said, 'get up; he is calling you.'
So throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and went to Jesus. Then Jesus
spoke, 'What do you want me to do for you?' The blind man said to him,
'Rabbuni, let me see again.' Jesus said to him, 'Go; your faith has
saved you.' And at once his sight returned and he followed him along
the road.

REFLECTION
Today's gospel was repeatedly the subject of preaching among the early
Christian communities, because Christians saw in Bartimaeus the blind
beggar their own picture. They realized how their coming to the faith
had been a miracle worked by Jesus. Jesus gives to a Christian,
spiritual eyesight, faith, in much the same way as he gave bodily
eyesight to Bartimaeus. The Church invites us to reflect, as those
early Christians did, on these three points: The pitiable situation of
a person before coming to Christ. The great mercy Jesus displays
giving us faith in himself, and the tremendous change that takes place
in a Christian after accepting Christ.

A person without Christ is indeed a blind man. A man without Christ in
his heart cannot see the Savior even when he passes close to him in
the daily events of his life. A person without Christ in his heart
cannot see God's plans for him; he goes on in life aimlessly. A person
without Christ in his heart is led further and further away from God.
Greediness, ambition, pleasure, pull him in various directions.

Christ passes close to each one of us and invites us to come to him.
There is a moment in the life of every person when Jesus comes to him.
He comes in many ways and he comes with the express intention of
saving and healing us. Happy are we if we acknowledge these things:
our misery, our blindness and our own powerlessness and realize that
it is only Jesus who can save us.

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
… for the healing and strength:
- Nini Magcamit
- Leonila Aguado
- Julian Santiago Sr.
- Ellen Paz Cosico
… for the personal intentions of
- J.E.S.
- Josheil Dapo
- Alvin
- Mariano Montemayor
… for the eternal repose of the soul of Go Chiong. Eternal rest grant
unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he and all the
dearly departed rest in peace.
… for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Lorenzo Jamora
- Birthday: Lydia P. Encarnacion
- Birthday: Santino Pecile
- Wedding Anniversary: Larry & Lucing Uy
- Wedding Anniversary: Alois & Carisse Mueller
- Wedding Anniversary: Lucia & Hilarion Uy
- In Memoriam (+): Francis Tong
- In Memoriam (+): Yu Yu Cheng Ho
- In Memoriam (+): Nicasio F. Marin
… for world peace and reconciliation.

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers
and for those who need our prayers the most.

Have a good day!

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