The other day I was praying before Mass and thinking about all the things that are weighing on me. I had my rosary beads in my hand started praying a little chaplet made up on the spot. On the Our Father beads “Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all,” three times, and on the Hail Mary beads, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
Somewhere in this house, I have a prayer card that once belonged to my grandfather and was passed along to my father. It is yellowed with age and shows a line drawing of Our Lord with the crown of thorns and the words “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me, a sinner.” These words from the blind Bartimaeus brought forth a miracle from Our Lord. While all around him told him to keep quiet, Bartimaeus just kept shouting all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” “Son of David, have pity on me!”
Our Lord asked Bartimaeus, “What do you want me to do for you?”
”Lord, I want to see.”
”Go your way, your faith has saved you.”
I think the next time I pray this chaplet, which hopefully will be today by the Blessed Sacrament before Mass, I will add a final prayer at the end. Three times:
”Lord, I want to see!”
”Lord, I want to see!”
”Lord, I want to see!”
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