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00:00How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? Well, to wrap up this exercise, which I hope you enjoyed,
00:10I hope it is proving very useful and that it is opening up a broader perspective on what the study of
00:17Sacred Scripture, right? Especially the New Testament, which is where I've tried to
00:23Pay closer attention. Obviously, we'll start with the synoptic Gospels to try to understand the message of
00:31Jesus, that is, to have a complete vision, a synoptic vision, since it is called synoptic, as a whole of
00:38The three gospels to try to see what the message was and how this message affects us, right? That
00:46We have received it now in the 21st century; we must understand it and live it. And for that, we need
00:52You necessarily need these tools, which you will also be learning.
00:58developing together with the teachers, watching this one, the following ones, the following classes, especially
01:04through the development of the synoptic class. So, well, we see then what's important
01:13Which is being able to do this, this analysis, right? Now, having this, this issue of the blind, more or less
01:21In perspective, right? So, as far as stylistic resources are concerned, well, the text that
01:30We are analyzing a text in a narrative form, right? Where we are given instructions
01:36You need to specify the place and time it's happening. In the text we will use, it is narrated that
01:45As he is leaving Jericho, he encounters a blind man named Bartimaeus, a detail that only Mark mentions.
01:54He mentions, others mention one blind man, others mention two blind men, we don't know if it's the same person
01:59situation, if they are other blind people. The only one who is more punctual about this is Marcos, perhaps because he is
02:08receiving the information directly from Peter. Remember that the Gospel of Matthew, it seems, was written
02:16by him. These are the notes he took after hearing Peter preach in Rome. So, probably,
02:23Well, Pedro had some further instructions on this, but we're not clear on those either. Only
02:29That's all. But it's a piece of information that Marcos gives us. On the other hand, we could say that it's the
02:38This historical moment serves the author as a pretext for his proclamation of Christ's messiahship.
02:45Right? We were just saying that, weren't we? So, with this passage he introduces Jesus, the Messiah, the son
02:51of David, the mighty king, who comes to rule, the world would think, Jerusalem and from there Rome and
03:02Everything else. But the truth is that his kingdom, as it will already be said in the Gospel of John, his kingdom is not
03:08of this world, although it makes itself present through our hearts in this world.
03:13It's important to see that the text is addressed to the people who accompany Jesus, okay?
03:23Because of its location, it is Jericho, that is, territory that was once part of Israel, which at that time, as it is
03:31Today, too, it's a place of pagans. Or we could say of Jews who no longer live by Jewish law, right? Who have...
03:41deserted and now live according to the other gods and other structures that are already in that
03:50They had time, didn't they? Remember that all that area, the part that was conquered by the Assyrians and
03:56which was also completely destroyed. Perhaps in our current context we could apply with
04:04A lot of precision for us, the cold Catholics, Catholics who barely go to Mass, right?
04:12That he fulfills some precepts, but is no longer rooted in the faith, right? That is, he doesn't believe in this faith that
04:22The church proclaims, in this living Jesus, that he commits us, that he introduces us to a way of living; that would be
04:33Our context. It's the context of Jericho. Jews who, well, perhaps like all of us, right? Who wouldn't visit
04:43The Virgin of Guadalupe on December 12th? Well, we all go, Catholics and semi-Catholics, and everyone goes, right?
04:52Perhaps they went there too, on the annual pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusalem.
04:57But that was all; they didn't believe, they didn't respect anything, not even the law itself, so much so that, obviously, well, the Jews...
05:06They consider them pagans, right? So, well, as the Latinists would say, mutandis, mutandis, that's where we could go from there.
05:13to find, or could find, some of our brothers. All this allows us to see the context. Then, we will go
05:24grounding our text more deeply in the study we are doing, but already with this, I mean, like
05:31It's giving us a great overview, isn't it? We can already see a map, Jericho, this, near Jerusalem, is divided by the river
05:43Jordan, in short, a series of elements there that, well, have, even for the Jews, would have a lot
05:50relevance, since Jericho was the first place conquered within the promised land. So, that's where
05:57Where does this proclamation begin, let's say, in Mark that he is the Messiah, he is the one who comes to give us
06:04Possession of the promised land, right? So, this is what's left now, and we're going to see, I mean, we're going to see
06:15Now, look at passages or texts that are parallel to see how they differ from one another, and thus be able to...
06:27To somehow detect what the author is giving prominence to, right? What are they giving it?
06:35importance, that is, what things are important to Marcos in this text. We will see this if we
06:43We compare it with other texts from other evangelists. For example, in the parallel in Matthew, which you can
06:51In chapter 20, verses 29 through 34, as I mentioned earlier, it speaks not of one, but of two.
07:02blind. What about Matthew? Matthew writes for the Jews. So, since he writes for the Jews,
07:14In order for the Jews to give a true testimony, according to the law, two were needed.
07:25Witnesses, right? So Matthew, who writes for the Jews, puts two blind men, not one blind man, right?
07:36Matthew, remember that he follows the gospel that is the basis of the Synoptic Gospels, it's Mark, right? He was perhaps the first
07:46And from there Matthew and Luke will take the base, the central platform on which they will build
07:55His gospel, right? So, Matthew takes the text from Mark, however, he adds one more character.
08:04Why? Simple, because of what he's saying now, so that it can be proven that they both believe that it is indeed true.
08:14The Messiah, the Son of God, is Jesus. Both of them can now testify that he truly is the Messiah, the Son of God.
08:25I am alive. This is very important for readers of Matthew, but not for readers of Mark. So, the most
08:34Surely, if we were to try to reconstruct the historical event, it would be that there was only one, that even
08:40It has the name, information, and address that Marcos gave us. But here it appears that there are two of them, not one, so
08:48as we explained earlier. Another important element of this parallel in Matthew is that the two blind men ask
08:56that their eyes be opened, while in Mark the blind man asks to see again, right? They are two elements
09:06different, okay? In one they would be pagans, people who haven't, who have never believed, that their eyes would be opened
09:16eyes to the light of faith, while in the other it is I want to see again, yes? Mark mentions that
09:26Throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and approached Jesus and asked Jesus, "What do you want me to do for you?"
09:35He asked Rabbi, "I want to see again," the blind man replied, "You can go," Jesus told him, "your faith has healed you."
09:44And immediately he regained his sight and began to follow Jesus along the road. This implies that he was
09:51Someone, as we said, who could see and had lost his sight. Both evangelists include the passage
10:00before the triumphal entry. Now, as far as the parallel of Luke is concerned, it remains practically in
10:08Everything to Mark. However, both Matthew and Luke omit a detail that is very important to Mark.
10:19The cloak, the mantle. Actually, the Greek word isn't really "cloak," but "mantle," right?
10:30Because this is important. The Book of Laws of Israel tells us that the mantle
10:38It was an instrument for communities to recognize the people who truly
10:44They had some kind of disability. And this indicated to people that the person was disabled and could
10:52Ask for lemon. I mean, it was like a... You see now that in many cities, for example, in ours,
10:58I don't know if they're still doing it now, but they were giving out some pictures that were hung here to indicate that
11:05They really weren't just people profiting from this. How are there so many people who
11:11Is it that he's missing a leg or that it hurts? And that's fine, he walks home afterward and they live in
11:18houses. There are even movies about this, right? So, well, in Jewish law, the mantle
11:28This cloak, this particular cloak, indicated that this person was indeed blind and that
11:37He really needed help, right? And so people felt responsible.
11:45according to the law of Israel, to give alms and with the assurance that the person was
11:52truly in need of charity, okay? See, that's an important fact, it's an important fact.
12:02All three Gospels highlight the theme of faith, but only Mark emphasizes that the blind man was confident.
12:10that Jesus would heal him. Why? Where is that information? On the cloak.
12:19This man, Martimaeus, leaps to his feet and walks up to Jesus and throws off his cloak. That is to say,
12:31I won't need him anymore; this man will heal me. Do you see the magnitude of Martimaeus' faith?
12:37I no longer need the cloak.
12:42Father David García Limón, a dear friend of mine and my spiritual director, once said
12:48For a long time, when I was once in his parish, that is, I was there as vicar for three years,
12:56And during a period of severe drought here in Monterrey, the bishop decreed prayers for supplication.
13:04They are called that; they are special prayers to ask for rain.
13:09And it caught my attention; I was concelebrating with him, and then he said,
13:13And well, I don't think there's any point in reading the prayers the bishop sent us anymore.
13:18Because you won't believe, since you have no faith, and if we don't believe, then nothing will happen.
13:24And so everyone, right? Why don't we believe that? Like, yes, look, they don't believe,
13:31Because if they believed, everyone would have brought an umbrella today.
13:37Because it can't rain, right? We'll ask the Lord.
13:40But nobody brought an umbrella.
13:41Well, Bartimeus, right?
13:46Bartimeus says, I don't need it anymore.
13:50This son of David, this Messiah, is going to heal me. I don't need this anymore.
13:55Yes, yes.
13:56We must believe, we must truly believe in this.
14:00This is a very important piece of information in the Gospel of Mark.
14:04Jesus was confident that Jesus would heal him, and that's why he left his cloak.
14:12And this indicates that the person is making a great act of faith,
14:17because he trusted that he would no longer need it.
14:22That's why Jesus doesn't do anything else, he simply tells him,
14:28Your faith has healed you.
14:29In other words, Jesus can see the faith that this man has.
14:34He left the cloak.
14:37Spot.
14:38He doesn't do anything anymore, he doesn't say anything to her, nothing more.
14:41Your faith has healed you.
14:45I needed more.
14:49And you analyze all of this.
14:50Little by little we are discovering elements
14:52that we can put in the context of our own lives.
14:55And I decided to try to reach some conclusions.
15:00For example,
15:01faith
15:02It consists of focusing our attention
15:06in those signs
15:09clear
15:10of those we believe in.
15:13Like the blind man's cloak.
15:15Not just saying that I believe in Christ,
15:18but attitudes
15:19They really demonstrate
15:20that in my life I have faith in Christ.
15:23I was just mentioning it in relation to the umbrella.
15:26The blind man gave a sign.
15:28And what sign do we give?
15:29What do we truly have faith in?
15:33In you.
15:35What are the signs
15:36which prove that it truly
15:38Do you have faith in the Lord?
15:40An example of this is that
15:43well
15:45Like I was saying earlier, right?
15:49What happens if they tell you
15:50Shall we pray for rain?
15:52And you see that in Monterrey
15:53Gee,
15:54we have had
15:55And right now I think that's the case all over the world,
15:57in Mexico in general,
15:58We are going through a major drought.
16:00And everyone says
16:00No, we must pray for rain.
16:02We must pray for rain.
16:03And I want to see
16:04if any of those people
16:05He's carrying an umbrella.
16:07or bring an umbrella
16:08in his car.
16:11I mean,
16:12Nobody believes it.
16:14I mean,
16:14we do not believe that prayer
16:15It will have an effect.
16:18And if there is no faith,
16:20then
16:21Will it be possible that God
16:24tell us
16:26go away,
16:28Your faith has healed you,
16:30go away,
16:31your faith has produced
16:32these showers.
16:34Well no,
16:35It's going to be
16:35It's going to be very complicated.
16:37Marcos
16:38It stands out
16:40And it's something
16:41for our own lives.
16:44On the other hand,
16:44we could focus
16:45the text
16:46from the perspective
16:47from seeing it again,
16:49which I already mentioned
16:50a moment ago,
16:51No?
16:52What is
16:53only Marcos
16:54He mentions it.
16:56And think about how
16:57people
16:57could have entered
16:59in a process
17:00conversion
17:01and then return
17:02into the darkness
17:03of the world
17:03to have
17:05again
17:06the need
17:06return
17:07to a meeting
17:08personal relationship with Christ
17:09and ask the Lord
17:10that his faith may return,
17:12which happened
17:13already from the first century.
17:16So,
17:16That's why Marcos
17:17It emphasizes it.
17:20After having done
17:21this exegesis
17:23With all these reflections,
17:24As you can see,
17:25It's quite simple,
17:26It's a little bit
17:27from the periphery,
17:29But still,
17:29As you can see,
17:29required
17:31study,
17:33required data
17:34precise,
17:34to know what it is
17:35the cloak,
17:36to know
17:36what does it mean
17:38blindness
17:39within the gospel,
17:40in the end,
17:41No?
17:42So,
17:42now,
17:43Seeing all this,
17:45the blind man's text
17:46of Bartimeus,
17:47what happened
17:48many years ago,
17:51all this study
17:52makes it become
17:53in a reality
17:54for our life.
17:56It ceases to be
17:57a dead word
17:58to become
18:00In a vivid word,
18:01to be light
18:02and direction
18:03in our lives.
18:04It's a word
18:05which makes us question
18:06like we're doing it right now.
18:08Will I really have
18:08faith
18:09Bartimeus?
18:11Will I really be there?
18:12recognizing
18:13truly Jesus
18:14like God
18:15and Messiah
18:16endowed with all power?
18:17Or do I still think
18:21who is a firefighter
18:21who's coming to fix me
18:22life?
18:27As you can see,
18:27Everything becomes current.
18:29Whatever
18:30our situation,
18:32any of the questions
18:33to which you wish to respond,
18:36God is speaking to you.
18:39You are the blind one.
18:40that perhaps
18:42you don't have
18:42enough faith
18:43and trust
18:44total in the Lord,
18:46capable of leaving
18:47the cloak.
18:51Maybe
18:51your faith
18:53It is no longer
18:53that faith
18:54to what I was saying
18:55The Apocalypse.
18:57I have something
18:58against you
18:58that you no longer love me
19:00as before.
19:01Probably
19:02Today would be the day
19:02to tell him,
19:03Mister,
19:04It increases my faith.
19:07I want to see it again.
19:08I want to love you again
19:09as I had told you
19:10at some point.
19:12Or maybe
19:12You would have to apply yourself
19:13what Matthew says,
19:14which we also read.
19:17Probably
19:18You've never had faith.
19:21He is one of those Christians
19:22who goes to mass,
19:22goes to mass,
19:22goes to mass,
19:23goes to mass,
19:23But he has no faith.
19:25It simply does that.
19:26because that's what he got used to.
19:30Perhaps it's time
19:30to review
19:31what is the cloak
19:33which I rely on.
19:36Where is
19:37that faith
19:38What do I mean by having?
19:40We can see
19:41that our conclusions
19:42They are in perfect
19:44agreement
19:45with the teaching profession
19:45of the church
19:46who invite us
19:47to our faith
19:49be nourished,
19:50as the apostle James says.
19:52Don't let it stay
19:53simply saying
19:54I have faith,
19:55but that it be seen,
19:56Let it be known.
19:58We can notice
19:58as
19:59in this text
20:01truly
20:01applies
20:02the method
20:03diachronic.
20:04Yeah?
20:05Because,
20:06on the one hand,
20:07We have faith
20:08It has to be visible,
20:10as it says
20:11the passage
20:12from Santiago.
20:13TRUE?
20:14So,
20:15That's how
20:17we have to
20:18to do it
20:19and know
20:19then
20:20we are using
20:21correctly
20:22our method
20:23and that we are
20:24moving forward
20:25in knowledge
20:26spiritual
20:27and staff
20:27of writing.
20:28Siblings,
20:32That's how it goes
20:33with faith.
20:34By itself,
20:34that is to say,
20:35if it is not proven
20:37with facts,
20:38It is a dead faith.
20:40One faith
20:40that does not manifest
20:41It is a faith
20:42which makes no sense.
20:44The method
20:45diachronic
20:45It helps us
20:46to check
20:47that our
20:48conclusions
20:48They are true.
20:50And so we arrived
20:51in the end
20:51from our first example
20:52that,
20:53Well,
20:54as such,
20:54simply
20:55It gives some clues.
20:56so that later on,
20:57with more elements,
20:59you can delve deeper
21:00further
21:01in this text
21:02and in all
21:04the other texts
21:05which we will see
21:06and thus be able to do
21:07from our Bible
21:08a
21:09a spiritual light
21:11as it says
21:12Psalm 119
21:14in verse 105
21:16Let it be light
21:17and lamp
21:18for our journey.
21:19God bless you
21:20and it has given me
21:21Nice to meet you
21:21participate with you
21:22in this course.
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