Why did Jesus take a deaf and mute man aside privately and touch his ears and tongue before healing him?
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A Gospel healing opens into a thoughtful meditation on language, sacrament, and learning to hear others.
The review centers on Jesus' command, "Epphatha" - "be opened" - in the healing of the deaf man in Mark. It traces the scene from the region of Tyre into a careful reflection on language, observing that while Jesus' words usually come to the church through translation, this one…
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A Mark 7 healing, one preserved word from Jesus, and a question about how your opened ears become love of neighbor.
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