Jesus heals Bartimaeus

This Sunday we heard the Gospel of Jesus healing Bartimaeus, the blind beggar.  We offered the folllowing petitions at Holy Mass:

That the Church may be true to her mission of spreading the light of the Gospel in the midst of the darkness of the world.

That Jesus may give vision to eyes blinded by the lies of secularism, paganism and every ideology that does not ackowledge Him as Lord.

That those who sow their seeds of hope in fields made barren by war or polluted by corruption, may put their trust in the Lord who will do great things for them in His mercy.

That the Son of David, our Eternal High Priest and King, may heal us of our spiritual blindness as He calls us to Himself in the Eucharist.

Please join us in prayer that our national elections may proceed in peace and that God's will may be done.