Friends, our Gospel for today is the evocative scene of Jesus healing a man who cannot hear and cannot speak. This man is beautifully symbolic of many in our culture today: we don’t listen to God, and therefore we can’t speak clearly about God. To us, as to him, Jesus says, “Ephphatha!”—be opened to the Word of God!

Mass Readings
Reading 1 — Is 35:4-7a
Psalm — Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
Reading 2 — Jas 2:1-5
Gospel — Mk 7:31-37

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