St. Paul summons us to break away from the sinful world and live as children of light. In part, this entails shunning and exposing the “fruitless works of darkness,” such as treating others as means and not as proper ends in themselves.
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Leprosy was regarded with particular dread and abhorrence, not merely because of its hideous character and the risk of contagion, but also because it was looked on as a special chastisement inflicted by God on the leper for certain sins.
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In the Gospel today, the pitiful yet noble Bartimaeus meets Christ. Bartimaeus is so helpless, trusting and desperate, unashamed of his poverty; a man in touch with his real needs. Unlike most of us, he knows he is not self-sufficient; he knows his life is in need of a saving presence.
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