Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 11, 2024
Jesus never gave any person with a disability, who was begging, money or any material goods.
Bartimaeus, called “a blind man,” in Mark 10:46, is begging on Jericho Street, we hear in our Gospel today, and a verse from the First Reading, Jeremiah 31:8, describes those such as him as the “blind and the lame.”
Today, we would be more sensitive and say that Bartimaeus is “person who is blind;
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