May God help you in all things, Allan.

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Thank you, Father!
This Gospel episode is very strong, and exposal.
We really are deaf & dumb – to God’s words, to His teachings, to the pain of our neighbour. I often catch myself that I don’t hear: in a direct sense – when I stand in the church & miss the words of the preacher or liturgic texts, or pay attention to secondary things & noises, in a broader sense – when I close my eyes not to see others’ sufferings & problems, trying to safeguard my peace of mind & soul, and when I am deaf to the words of my relatives, trying to diminish their problems or treating them as an annoying factor, preventing me to climb up the stair…thus making me descending lower & lower, instead of ascending or just trying to catch up where I am. The end of this life position, laziness of the soul & mind leads to really grave consequences,  as they are shown in this Gospel scene. If I want to avoid it, I should take good care. If we take really good care of ourselves, aiming at the future life & creating a real life for us here, we should be very sensitive to whet is around us, who is around us, to notice a person, to hear him.
 
When God heals us, we sometimes do not feel it this way. We feel that everything drops from our hands, we feel weak & destroyed, helpless & practically dead. We see that everything we do is in vain, we see the good that we try to do to others is not appreciated, that we are just being used, that our anxiety to be good, to eradicate our passions only weakens us, and this thought – brought by the devil – that we are good for nothing, that our efforts are fruitless, and that we will not reach the Goal – makes our life unbearable. But this is an illusion. This is the time we simply should survive through. At those periods we feel almost dead, like this poor boy. But who is more than God? The one who tries to fulfill His Commandments will never fail. God’s followers are always the winners, regardless how difficult their life might be. The slave of God Alive will be healed by Him. And will always stand up healed, happy, having shaken off his passions &  sinful deceases.
 
The more we try to work at ourselves, the less deaf & dumb we become. The healthier becomes our spirit. The closer we can approach Christ.
 
Lord, grant me the burning wish to stand & follow You!
 
Bless.