Blessed Bartimaeus

โ€œBlessed Bartimaeusโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:46-52
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang


As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.โ€

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

โ€œJesus and Zacchaeusโ€
Luke 19:1-4 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 by Gloria M. Chang

At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So

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