Ordinary Time 23

An often overlooked aspect of the healing story in this weekend's Gospel is that other people brought the deaf man to Jesus.  Like some other healing miracles, this on occurs not because of the sick person's initiative, but because others were there to bring the person to Jesus' attention.  We may not often think of the role that we play in healing.  One of the corporal works of mercy is to visit the sick and including them in our prayers has always been an important aspect of our faith.  We may not be bringing deaf people to Jesus to have him cure them, but we can pray for all the sick and ask God to give them strength.