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Friday Feb 14, 2020
Homily for the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
We can sometimes take our senses for granted, the fact that we can see, hear, smell, touch and speak. It is only when we lose one of our senses or someone close to us loses one of theirs that we begin to realize how valued those gifts are. Because they are such great gifts, we need to keep asking ourselves, “How am I using these gifts of hearing, sight, and speech?”
In our Gospel passage, a deaf man is brought before Jesus with an impediment in his speech. There can be a link between the two; the inability to hear can affect how people speak. Jesus first opened the man’s ears, and then he could speak clearly.
For us who have the gifts of both hearing and speech, it is still true to say that the quality of our speaking is in some way related to the quality of our hearing. The better we are at listening, the better we may be at speaking. We need to listen to each other if we are to speak well to each other. More deeply, we need to listen to the Word of the LORD if we are to speak the Word of the LORD. It is only in listening to Him that He can truly speak through us.+
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