expect, or should we wait for another?”
At that time, Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses and diseases; he freed them from evil
spirits and he gave sight to the blind. Then he answered the messengers, “Go back and tell John
what you have seen and heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, lepers are made clean, the
deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the poor are given good news. Now, listen: Fortunate
are those who meet me, and are not offended by me.”
Reflect:
The words of Yahweh in Isaiah are a promise of salvation, the gift of life to all people. Even those
who oppose him will finally come to him in shame – recognizing their wrongs and seeking refuge
under his shelter – where else shall they go? Jesus points to the return of life and wholeness
into the midst of people as the signs of his true identity. Life is a celebration of the highest order
in the Kingdom. Today we keep memory of the great poet-mystic who sang about the beautiful
destiny that awaits every soul, discovering God who breathes within her very depths. Here is the
final stanza from his poem, The Living Flame of Love: “How gently and lovingly you wake in my
heart, where in secret you dwell alone; and in your sweet breathing, filled with good and glory,
how tenderly you swell my heart with love.”
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