Friday of the 1st week of Advent

Isaiah 29:17–24 / Matthew 9:27–31

Jesus Gives the True and Meaningful Vision of Our Life

A few days ago, I received a heartbreaking phone call from a mother who had lost her 9-year-old daughter in an accident. The little girl was returning from school when a tragic incident occurred right near their home. She was the only child in the family. The mother called me as she was travelling back to her village with her daughter’s body. Her voice was filled with pain and darkness. She could not see any meaning or future in her life anymore. And I myself did not know how to console a mother whose whole world had collapsed in a moment. The human words are insufficient. For her, everything seemed lost. This sorrow will remain a deep wound in her heart until her death. 

Who can give her a new vision for life?

In today's first Reading: God Promises Vision to the Hopeless through the Prophet Isaiah. He spoke to a people who lost hope for their future. They are spiritually blind and discouraged. But God promises a new day: "The blind shall see, the lowly will rejoice and they shall receive understanding and wisdom" (Is 29:17–24)

This is more than physical healing—it is inner renewal, a promise that God can bring light even into the deepest darkness.

In the Gospel, two blind men cry out to Jesus for mercy. Their world was dark. No one could help them. Yet they believed that Jesus could. Jesus not only restores their physical sight but also awakens their spiritual vision, because they recognize Him through faith as the Messiah.

Their healing shows that faith can open what life has closed. There are moments in the life we feel like that of mother's pain—when death, tragedy, or evil suddenly blind us. Everything is dark. We cannot understand. We cannot see the future. At such moments, human words cannot fix our pain. But the presence of Jesus can slowly open a path where we see none.

Thank You Jesus! for the Word of God that God alone can give new vision to those who have lost all hope.

Through Jesus, we receive the vision of eternal life—a hope that suffering cannot erase.

May the Lord who opened the eyes of the blind open our hearts as well, so that even in moments of darkness, we may see His light, His way, and His promise of life. Amen!