September 8 - Sunday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Is.35:4-7a; Ps.146:2,6-10; Jas.2:1-5; Mk.7:31-37) "He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." The Lord makes all whole. He "sets captives free" from all their afflictions as He redeems us from all our sin. "Here is your God, He comes with vindication; with divine recompense He comes to save you." This is He who "has done all things well"; this is the Lord Jesus Christ. "And immediately the man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly." By a word: "'Ephphatha!' – that is, 'Be opened!'" the deaf mute is healed by Jesus, causing all to be "exceedingly…
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