Isaiah had announced that wonderful miracles would characterize the coming of the Messiah.
The one described in today’s
Gospel passage is a partial fulfillment of his prophecy
Gospel Mk 7:31-37
Jesus left the district of
Tyre and went by way of Sidon
to the Sea of Galilee,into the
district of the Decapolis.
People brought to him a
deaf man who had a speech
impediment and begged him
to lay his hand on him. Jesus
took him off by himself away
from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and,
spitting, touched his tongue.
Then he looked up to heaven
and groaned, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” – that is, “Be
opened!” – And immediately
the man’s ears were opened,
his speech impediment was
removed, and he spoke plainly.
Jesus ordered them not to
tell anyone. But the more he
ordered them not to, the more
they proclaimed it. They were
exceedingly astonished and
said, “He has done all things
well. He makes the deaf hear
and the mute speak.”
The Gospel of the Lord!
