During his public ministry Jesus performed many miracles, healed many people. However this was not the most important part of Jesus' mission. His sole purpose was to preach the Kingdom of God. All of these miraculous events were only means of this preaching.

Today's gospel describes a very special event - the healing of a deaf man. It is special, because Jesus healed not only his inability to hear and speak. He did not only make some changes in his body, so that his senses were able to work properly. He asked that the man be opened. What does that mean?

The point is, this healed man was able to hear but he was not able to listen. He was able to speak, but he was not able to preach. Although Jesus ordered him to tell no one about it, he completely ignored Jesus' command. Jesus took a first step and healed the man's body, but this man did not take the second step: he did open himself. He became a shallow follower of Jesus, one who focused on this small event, losing sight of the bigger picture - the Kingdom of God.