Do you believe that I can do this?

FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER (Mt 9,27-31)

The era of the Messiah is characterized by the gift of sight to the blind. Thus the prophet Isaiah: “The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God. Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; With divine recompense he comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; Then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the dumb will sing. Streams will burst forth in the desert, and rivers in the steppe. The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water; The abode where jackals lurk will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus. A highway will be there, called the holy way; No one unclean may pass over it, nor fools go astray on it. No lion will be there, nor beast of prey go up to be met upon it. It is for those with a journey to make, and on it the redeemed will walk. Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee” (Is 35,1-10).  When a prophecy is fulfilled, all the others are fulfilled. The Word is one.

With Jesus, transported on a spiritual plane – the material plane is only an image and a figure – this Word of God, given through the prophet, is fulfilled in its entirety. It is enough to read the Gospel and you will see that no Word remains unfinished. Not remaining unfinished as an image and figure, it will not even remain incomplete as a reality of eternal life. The sight of the spirit is returned to man, the life of the soul and the strength to walk on the path of salvation. The work of the Messiah is a true new creation. Today, this work is entrusted to the Church, founded on Peter. If the Apostles and ministers of the Word give sight to the spirit, man sees. If they leave him blind, man might never see. If they give life to their soul, it rises and gives life to the whole body, otherwise it remains in the tomb for all its days. Image of this new creation is what Peter operates on the Bella door of the temple on the crippled man from birth: ““I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, (rise and) walk.” Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God” (Acts 3,6-8).

The Apostles and, in a hierarchical communion with them, every disciple of Jesus according to the charisma received must be the creators of a new reality. But no one might ever create this new reality in others if he is not a new creature first.

And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed (him), crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!” When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they said to him. Then he touched their eyes and said, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.” And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” But they went out and spread word of him through all that land.

For the new creation to be accomplished, the same faith and the same obedience of Jesus are needed. As Jesus believes in the Father and obeys his Word, creating in others what the Word created every day in his nature, so too the Apostle and every disciple, if they want to create new life, must believe like Christ Jesus and obey the Word like Him, without even leaving out an iota or a sign. The fruits of the Apostle and of every disciple are the fruit of his faith and his obedience. Less faith, less obedience, fewer newly created fruits. The failure of the mission is never of the world that does not want. Instead, it is always of the Apostle and the disciple who do not believe in the Word and do not obey it. Whoever believes and obeys, always bears fruit.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints arrange that the disciple of Jesus believes and obeys the Word.