Are you afraid to manifest and share your faith with others? - Daily Reflections December 5,2014

TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR

 

Last year, a futuristic movie entitled After Earth hit the theaters. The plot of the story is not significant to our story, but I would just like to highlight the trait of the character played by Will Smith. He is a fearless warrior who has totally mastered the art of conquering fear. In one moving scene where he was encouraging his son (through sophisticated communication gadgets), who was left alone in the jungle amidst impending danger, he said, “Danger is real, but fear is a choice.”

         Today, Jesus heals two blind men. To be blind is to live in darkness, in severe fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of the unseen. In the time of Jesus, sickness was considered as a direct consequence of sin. The gravity of one’s malady was seen in direct proportion to the gravity of one’s sins. So, more than their disability, the blind men in the Gospel had to battle the alienation and isolation brought about by social prejudice. But the two blind men desperately approached Jesus and conquered their fear even as they were

being prevented from doing so.

         As we have said, fear has two meanings:

       F-forget

       E-everything

       A-and

       R-run

       Or

       F-face

       E-everything

       A-and

       R-rise

         The two blind men discovered the latter and so they were no longer blind but witnesses.

         On that day, the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. Fr. Joel Jason

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: Are you afraid to manifest and share your faith with others?

 

Lord, give me the strength to “Face Everything And Rise.”