Carmelite homily for Lectionary 497 | Monday, November 18, 2019
In today’s Gospel we have the story of Jesus approaching Jericho and there’s a blind man out there who says, “Son of David, have pity on me!” And the crowds say, “Shh! Shh!” to him to shush him down. And he cries out all the more, “Have pity on me!” Jesus does have pity on him, and Jesus does have pity on us. Saint Therese reminds us, “I would throw myself into Jesus’ arms for I know how much he loves the prodigal child who returns to him.” That blind man knew that; Therese knows that; let us know that.