"He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned...."
Our Lord groans or mourns at our spiritual deafness, which is symbolized by the physical deafness of the man in today's Gospel. He grieves at our spiritual deafness or disobedience because he knows sin is harmful to us and others. He knows it keeps us from having the fullest relationship with him that is possible.
Our problem is we think sin is good for us, even though the Lord says it is not; we think we know better than he. This attitude is nothing but foolish pride. Yet, our Lord still longs for our obedience, as he says in today's Responsorial Psalm: "If only my people would hear me, and Israel would walk in my ways, quickly would I humble their enemies; against their foes I would turn my hand."
Let us groan with the Lord because of our spiritual deafness, ask him to open the ears of our hearts, and begin anew today to obey him in all things.
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