Apocalypse 1:1-4; 2:1-5 / Luke 18:35-43
There is a phrase which we use to express a sincere empathy and compassion for a person.
We would say: you have got to be in his shoes to know what he is going through.
To be really in someone's shoes is to feel how he feels, to see how he sees things as well as to understand his thoughts.
For the blind man in today's gospel, he saw nothing other than to bring his needs before Jesus.
He just needed Jesus to listen to him and understand how he felt about life and he longed for sight.
Jesus asked the blind man this question: What do you want me to do for you?
If Jesus were to ask us that same question, what would our immediate response be?
If we have to think for a while for an answer, or have to make a choice of several options, then we may not be desperately needing Jesus as the blind man needed him.
So if Jesus were to ask us that question, let our response be that we want to love Him more and more.
In the 1st reading, the Lord had a complaint against the church of Ephesus. He said that they have less love than they used to.
May our only prayer to Jesus be that we will love Him more and more everyday.