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(Heb. 9, 8–10, 15–23; Mark 8, 22–26) The Lord did not suddenly heal the blind man of Bethsaida, but at first not completely, and then completely, so that he began to see everything clearly. Why the Lord did this, He alone knows. We will take from here the following thought: if it was considered necessary to heal bodily vision gradually, then all the more such gradualism is necessary in enlightening the eyes of our mind. And so it was. In the patriarchal period, revealed knowledge was not difficult; during the period under the law it became more complex and detailed; in our Christian period it is even more detailed and sublime; but is it the end? Don’t expect the highest on earth, but in the next world it will happen. Two holy apostles confirm us of this, Saints John and Paul (1 John 3:2, 1 Cor. 13:12). “Now we see everything as through a glass darkly, but then” we will see everything clearly. But even there there will be degrees of mental enlightenment, for the scope of God’s knowledge is limitless. On earth, the revelation of God has already been completed; there is nothing to dream about the highest; we have everything we need; learn and live by it. The Christian revelation ahead does not promise a new revelation, but only that the Gospel will be known throughout the world and that this ubiquity and universality of the knowledge of the Gospel is the limit of the existence of the present order of things. Then faith will weaken, love will dry up, life will become difficult, and the goodness of God will put an end to the world. You might be interested in: