[Grem] *****SPAM(5.1)***** Gospel meditation (Bp.Barron)

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, in today’s Gospel, *Jesus heals a deaf man who had a speech
impediment.*

Mark tells us that
*he took him “off by himself away from the crowd.” Jesus then “put his
finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he
looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, ‘Ephphatha!’—that is, ‘Be
opened!’” Looking up to his Father and inserting his fingers into the man’s
ears, Jesus establishes, as it were, an electrical current, literally
plugging him into the divine energy, compelling him to hear the Word.*

Now, let’s look at this healing in terms of its spiritual significance.
*The crowd is a large part of the problem. The raucous voices of so many,
the insistent bray of the advertising culture, the confusing Babel of
competing spiritualities—all of it makes us deaf to God’s word. And
therefore, we have to be moved to a place of silence and communion.*

*Jesus draws us into his space, the space of the Church. There, away from
the crowd, we can immerse ourselves in the rhythm of the liturgy, listen
avidly to Scripture, study the theological tradition, watch the moves of
holy people, take in the beauty of sacred art and architecture. There, we
can hear.*

* Mi Atyánk, aki a mennyekben vagy, szenteltessék meg a Te neved, jöjjön el
a Te országod, legyen meg a Te akaratod, amint a mennyben, úgy a földön is.
Mindennapi kenyerünket add meg nekünk ma és bocsásd meg a mi vétkeinket,
miképpen mi is megbocsátunk az ellenünk vétkezőknek, és ne vígy minket a
kísértésbe, de szabadíts meg a gonosztól. Mert Tiéd az ország, a hatalom és
a dicsőség most és mindörökké. Ámen.  *
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