And Jesus answered and said unto him,
What will you that I should do unto you?
The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Let us endeavour sedulously to imitate the good example of this blind man, who did not ask for honours, riches, or other worldly advantages, but only that he might receive his sight; that he might behold the light with the blessed angels, to which faith alone can conduct us. (Ven. Bede)
In this worse than Cimmerian darkness, how few are found, who pray as they ought for this all-necessary light of faith!!!
He will save assuredly; yet he will do so just in the way he has promised. But in what way has he promised? On our willing it, and on our hearing him. For he does not make a promise to blocks of wood.
