The Healing of the Deaf-Mute & the Glorious Physicality of Salvation

St Peters Orthodox Church

A deaf and mute man is brought to Christ our God. Jesus, with fingers that can be touched, touches the man's ears so that he could hear. Christ spat on the ground and touched his tongue so that it could speak the praises of the One Who had healed him. Our faith, our healing, our salvation only comes by encountering Christ with our whole being and not just with our intellect. Today we consider how the physical touch of Christ continues through bread and wine, His body and blood; so that we may encounter the Divine and be made like unto Him.