The story of the healing of blind Bartimaeus is a spiritual icon of enormous power. Bartimaeus is evocative of anyone who, aware of his sin, blindness, and incapacity, hears the summons of Jesus to come into the Church, the place where vision will be restored.
Mass Readings
Reading 1 – Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalm – Psalm 126:1-6
Reading 2 – Hebrews 5:1-6
Gospel – Mark 10:46-52