--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 3/3/11 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 3/3/11 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2011/03/03/daily-readings-reflection-for-3311#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 3/3/11 Mar 3, 2011 8:42:11 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Scripture: Lectionary 350.  Sirach 42:15-25. Psalm 33:2-3, 4-5,6-7,8-9. Mark 10:46-52 [Today's Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab) Bartimaeus is a blind beggar who sits near the gate of Jericho.  Jericho is the last town that Jesus will visit before ascending to Jerusalem where after some fleeting moments of joy, he will be seized and then maltreated, judged, and sentenced to death on the despicable instrument of cruelty the cross. Romans executed criminals and war-like zealots by the thousands. Jesus was considered a threat to them!  Bartimaeus realized through the din that Jesus was making his way up the road to Jerusalem over ten miles away. He is not quieted by the crowd and cries out a prayer and a plea to Jesus, "Jesus, son of David, have mercy upon me." His trust and faith are very strong and the people around him are no threat to him.  He is the one who gives us the formulation of the great sacred prayer called the Jesus prayer which consists in simply repeating over and over what he said. His name means the honorable one as well as a nomenclature that tells us he is the son of Timaeus.  There is a parallel to this event in Luke 18:35-43. Someone in the crowd probably leads him to Jesus to whom he makes known his request.  He calls Jesus "Rabboni" or great teacher and Jesus then turns to him to go and be on his way. He has received his sight and now is able to do this, but he goes beyond what Jesus says.  He actually becomes a disciple of Jesus through the phrase that Mark gives us (akolouthein auto en te hodo) which means he followed Jesus on the way up to Jerusalem.  That is what the other disciples were doing and the same verb is used to describe this way of following Jesus as a disciple.Judaism uses the same expression to describe the attitude of a disciple and of a rabbi' servant. The verb is hardly ever used in the Old Testament but in the New Testament it is quite frequent.  ( See I Peter 2:21 and Revelation 14:4). This passage (pericope) is helpful for our own desire to be a disciple of Jesus.  Like the beggar, we are able to pray as he did and the Lord will remove our blindness in whatever area that may be. We cry out, "Lord Jesus, son of David, have mercy on us." We continue to pray that simple prayer till we sense the presence of the Lord and experience some type of seeing that was not there before. We believe more deeply in Jesus not only as the son of David, but as the Son of God.  He is more than our brother, he is also our God and Redeemer--a christology that is found in the pages of the New Testament especially in Paul.  After such prayer, we are ready to follow Jesus up to Jerusalem to participate in his way of the cross.  We again thank Mark, the Evangelist of discipleship and the proclaimer of the Cross of Jesus.  Amen. ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fdaily-readings-reflection-for-3311%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fdaily-readings-reflection-for-3311%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fdaily-readings-reflection-for-3311%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Daily%20Readings%20Reflection%20for%203%2F3%2F11) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fdaily-readings-reflection-for-3311%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fdaily-readings-reflection-for-3311%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Profile%203.jpg) ### [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) We welcome guest contributors who graciously volunteer their writing for our readers. 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