Dear friends of Gethsemane, peace to you!
The Gospel that we heard last Sunday continues to accompany me, especially the delicacy that Jesus has towards Bartimaeus, the blind man of Jericho, surprises me. Jesus has again seduced me, the one who stops, calls the blind man and asks him: "What do you want me to do for you?" (Mk 10, 51). Many times the Gospel says how the needy call Jesus, ask him or shout to him to receive the grace they need (among them, for example, the ten lepers, Lk 17, 12ss; 22ss; the centurion with the sick servant, Lk 7 , 2ss). In other cases, as we have heard with the blind man from Jericho, it is Jesus who takes the initiative and offers himself. This is quite mysterious and it has made me reflect on what happens here in Gethsemane. The Lord here, in this garden, asks us for a miracle ... maybe it is not a great work, just to remain with Him. Normally, when I pray, I imagine that I am close to Him in his agony and face to face with his request: "stay here and watch with me" (Mt 26, 38), I try to remain present and in silence at his side. This month I would like to invite you to perform this miracle: each one of us in his prayer and for what he does, ask the Lord: "What do you want me to do for you, my Lord?" All this seems to me to perceive it as a possible miracle that makes us available to the Lord, to love him and fulfill his will.
