October 24, 2021 Mark 10:46-52 The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

This week we discuss an episode in Jesus’ ministry that is easily overlooked, but that represents the way in which “the first shall be last and the last shall be first” is woven into the narrative fabric of Mark’s Gospel. This blind man whom Jesus heals, like many other “outsiders” in Mark’s Gospel, is held up as an example of true faith and discipleship.