View From Columbia

  Being on the Way Lord, we sometimes open our eyes in the morning, and do not notice the sunshine, the green of trees, the colors in our rooms, the warmth or sorrow in the faces around us. If we had been blind, like Bartimaeus we would long to open our eyes and see all that is to be seen. We could not have enough of this light-filled world around us. Give us a relish, Lord, for all that our eyes can take in: not the pre-selected shots of the TV screen, but the endlessly varied landscape and peoplescape that surrounds us. We pray with Bartimaeus: Son of David, show us mercy. Master, let us receive our sight.   Found on and adapted from the website: https://www.sacredspace.ie/scripture/mark-1046-52 Scripture – Mark 10: 46-52 (CEB) Jesus and his followers came into Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, Timaeus’ son, was sitting beside the road. When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was...