WORD 2day: Friday, 5th week in Ordinary time
February 10, 2023: Genesis 3: 1-8; Mark 7:31-37
If you eat of this fruit your eyes will be opened, said the Satan and they ate... their eyes were open and they lost the paradise! The Satan deceived the couple to believe that they were blind and ignorant and were 'nothing.' The Satan deceived them saying they were yet to become like God, while they actually bore the image of God right from their creation. After they ate the fruit they realised their folly, because they were not blind; they just had to open their eyes to the fact, that has alway been there.
Jesus orders, 'be opened'... and the ear opens and the tongue gets loosened. With that opening, the person was able to hear well and speak better! The ears were there, the speech was there, but it had to be 'opened'; the person had to be empowered!
Now comes the question: which of these opening takes me closer to God? To open or not to... is not merely the question. It is to open to whom? To the Lord who leads us to life to the full or to the evil one who is waiting to snatch me away from my Creator?
To be open or not to be open... that is plainly the concern. Be open to all the words and signs from the Lord; be open to the reality around; be open enough to observe the folly that goes around so that you are not deceived yourself. Let the Word open our eyes and our hearts!