7th Day of Simbang Gabi 2013

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, “now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying: “Just take care of my eyes dear.” My dear friends, it is sometimes true to say that love is blind. When one is blind, he can't see who the person is physically. He cannot have an exact knowledge of the other's physical perfection and imperfection. And when one's love is blind, he is not concerned of the other's perfection or imperfection but instead he just loves the other no matter what. He just loves and lets his love make things perfect for his beloved. In our Gospel, Joseph learned about Mary's pregnancy. With his human eyes, he saw this event imperfect for him as a trying-to-be perfect guy. Since he was a righteous man, he could had exposed Mary to shame. But his love for Mary prevailed. He decided to divorce her quietly instead of exposing her to shame (Matthew 1:18-24). At this time, God's angel appeared to him and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home." These words suggest that God encouraged Joseph to listen to his love for Mary for more. With the angels words, Joseph's love was made blind. He did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no if's or but's. As his love went blind, he knew God is his eyes.