Friday, February 11, 2011

Our Gospel for Feb 11. The Healing of a Deaf Man.

Mark 7:31-37

Jesus left the district of Tyre
and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,
into the district of the Decapolis.
And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment
and begged him to lay his hand on him.
He took him off by himself away from the crowd.
He put his finger into the man’s ears
and, spitting, touched his tongue;
then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him,
Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”)
And immediately the man’s ears were opened,
his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.
He ordered them not to tell anyone.
But the more he ordered them not to,
the more they proclaimed it.
They were exceedingly astonished and they said,
“He has done all things well.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”


Ang Pagpapagaling sa Lalaking Bingi at Pipi

Marcos 7:31-37


 31Muling umalis si Jesus sa lupaing nasasakupan ng Tiro at Sidon, at dumating siya sa lawa ng Galilea hanggang sa sakop ng Decapolis. 32Kanilang dinala sa kaniya ang isang lalaking bingi na nahihirapang magsalita. Ipinamanhik nila sa kaniya na ipatong niya sa lalaking ito ang kaniyang mga kamay.    
 33Nang mailayo siya ni Jesus mula sa napakaraming tao, isinuot niya ang kaniyang daliri sa mga tainga nito. Pagkatapos, lumura si Jesus at hinipo ang dila nito. 34Sa pagtingala niya sa langit, siya ay dumaing at sinabi sa lalaki: Efata. Ang ibig sabihin nito ay: Mabuksan. 35Kaagad na nabuksan ang mga tainga ng lalaki. Nakalag ang tali na pumipigil sa kaniyang dila at nagsalita na siya nang malinaw.

   
 36Iniutos sa kanila ni Jesus na huwag itong sasabihin kaninuman. Ngunit kung gaano silang pinagbawalan ay lalo naman nilang ipinamamalita ito. 37Sila ay lubhang nanggilalas na nagsasabi: Ang lahat ng kaniyang ginawa ay napakabuti. Ginawa niyang ang bingi ay makarinig at ang pipi ay makapagsalita.

1 comment:

Ed Lucena said...

Through the prophet Ezekiel God declared that on the day of the Lord, Ezekiel’s mouth would be opened and he would be dumb no longer (Ez 24:27). “Be opened!” Jesus declares in this passage from Mark. The day of the Lord has arrived.

It is little wonder why the Ephphatha rite is a part of the rite of Christian initiation of adults and the rite of baptism for children. The presider touches the ears and lips of the candidates and declares, “Ephphatha: that is, be opened, that you may profess the faith you hear, to the praise and glory of God” (RCIA, n 199).

Reference: “365 Days with the Lord,”

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