Feast of St Claude de la Colombiere, SJ.
"When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
"He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked, “Do you see anything?”
"Looking up the man replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.”
"Then he laid hands on the man’s eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly.
"Then he sent him home and said, “Do not even go into the village.” (Mark 8: 22 - 26).
Wednesday February 15th in the 6th Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of St Claude de la Colombiere of the Society of Jesus. (1641 - 1682). French Jesuit priest. Father Claude was a great preacher and writer. He is famous in history because he was the confessor of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, the visionary and mystic whom Jesus communicated the message of His Sacred Heart. St Margaret Mary had great challenges in making these messages accepted either in her convent or outside.
St Claude de la Columbiere, her confessor discerned the genuineness of the revelations and lent his support in spreading the word. St Claude de la Columbiere died in 1682 at the age of 41 and was beatified in 1929 and canonized in 1992.
In our Gospel of today, Jesus healed a blind man in two steps. By faith, the friends of the blind man brought him to Jesus for healing. Just like by faith the friends of the Paralytic tore open the roof to bring him to Jesus for healing. In the two cases, Jesus saw the faith of the friends of the sick men and healed them.
Both healing demonstrate the power of intercessionary prayer. Prayer is the most powerful gift of God to humans. Do not disdain intercessionary prayers. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful. Pray always. Pray everywhere. Pray for everything.
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