Healing Blindness

Jesus performed many miracles, only some of which are recorded in the New Testament.  The healing of a blind man appears in today's Gospel and reminds us of our need for the healing of our own blindness:  our pride, our sense of self-sufficiency, our self-centered willfulness,  our insensitivity, and on and on. 
Recently, on November 18th at Ford Stadium in Detroit,  the humble Capuchin, Father Solanus Casey, was beatified before a crowd of 66,000 people for leading the simple life or a doorkeeper and Pray-er for the thousands who came to him for spiritual and physical help. He led a life of faith, hope and charity.  He struggled through the seminary and was ordained as a "simplex priest", that is allowed only to say Mass, not preach or hear confessions, yet through him, the light of Christ was visible, because in his humility, he did not stand in the way but saw clearly his limitations as well as the power of God to work in and through him.
Such a path to clear vision is open for us if we focus our attention on Jesus through frequent repetition of the Jesus Prayer:  Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Miraculous healings and changes have taken place through this simple prayer.  The life of Blessed Solanus shows us that the way to sainthood unfolds for the humble and simple. 
Bro. Rene