Today is the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time and the Gospel was about the blind man, Bartimaeus. While Father Francis was reading, I couldn't help but think of when God blinded Saul. Acts 9: 1-19
God used Saul's blindness to teach him. Is it all part of God's plan? Does give people infirmities to teach us something?
Remember God hardened Pharoah's heart so he wouldn't let the Hebrews go. Exodus 7: 3
And if God hadn't hardened the Jews, the apostles wouldn't have gone out to the Gentiles. Romans 11: 25
After the Gospel, Father Carl spoke about his work with disaffiliated Catholics. There are so many. It seems that we've lost a whole generation. Perhaps God is planning something. I can't wait to see what He will do.
When I teach my grandchildren, (because their parents aren't interested), I am reminded of when Russia turned communist and banned religion. The grandmothers, the Babushkas, taught their grandchildren. If there is religion in Russian, now, it's because of the grandparents.
What is God doing?
