A Poem a Sunday

October 25. 2015

Pentecost 22 B

Mark 10:46-52 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Commentary:  Who really sees Jesus?  Mark indicates that the blind see him better than the disciples.  Several times, right after the disciples misread Jesus, Jesus heals a blind person who truly recognizes him.  This Sunday’s Gospel is one of those times.  May we begin to see Jesus again for the first time!

The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” 50 So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, [a] let me see again.” 52 Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

Footnotes:

Mark 10:51 Aramaic Rabbouni

A Poem a Sunday

October 25. 2015

Pentecost 22 B

St. Mark 10:46-52

Rabbouni

“’My teacher let me see again’

the way, the path, the prize.

My teacher let me see again

by giving me new eyes.

New eyes that see the sun beams bounce

within the golden skies.

Eyes that see you all about

woven into all of life.

See you in myself, my heart.

See you in the child.

See you in all of art,

in everything that’s wild.

New eyes that see the beggar near

as dear as my own child.

Eyes that take me to the poor

and look into their smile.

My teacher let me see again

the way, the path, the prize.

My teacher let me see again

by giving me new eyes.”

A Poem a Sunday – written October 12, 2015 by Kenn Storck