The story of Tobit is one showing God's concern for His people, especially those who are poor and without resources. Tobit is blind, due to something like cataracts, but now his son, Tobias, guided by Raphael, the angel of God, is returning home with a fish. When the gall of the fish is rubbed on the old man's eyes, the cloudly film falls away and he can see his son again. He then breaks into a prayer of praise and thanksgiving. The story is an example of how God's providence, symbolised by Raphael under the appearance of a young man, takes care of those in need. This is something which happens to us every day. There are many Raphaels in our life, if only we could recognise them. They take the form of people we know, people we don't know, people we like and people we don't like. We might also, like Tobit, ask that the scales be removed from our own eyes so that we too can see, especially that we may recognise Jesus coming to us in the ordinary events of our daily lives.