We have eyes for the transient, but do we still have eyes for God, said PS Paisie Sinaittranslated

"We have eyes for the transient, but do we still have eyes for God?" said Sunday the Most Reverend Father Paisie Sinait, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop, at the Chapel of the National Cathedral.

His Eminence explained that the Gospel of the 7th Sunday after Pentecost presents the healing of two blind men and the healing of a demon-possessed mute, two miracles that show the full work of the Savior on man.

"He enlightens the eyes of the blind, and looses the tongue of him whom the power of the evil one had silenced. He heals both the infirmities of the body and those of the soul."

The patriarchal vicar bishop explained that God demands the free response of man and combines his work with divine grace: "God's grace never constrains man's freedom, but calls it to work together."

"Faith is not the cause of the miracle, but the outstretched hand that receives the gift of God. The blind did not believe because they saw, but they saw because they believed."

Man's need for spiritual enlightenment Starting from the interpretation of Blessed Augustine, the hierarch showed that the two blind men represent mankind darkened by sin and every man's need for spiritual enlightenment.