TEK.35—43. ST. LUKE. 623 blindman criedout the more ; forthe more violentlywe are assailedby our restlessthoughts,the more ferventlyought we togiveourselvesto prayer. As long as we stillsufferour manifoldfanciesto troubleus in our prayers,we feelin some measureJesus passing by. But when we are very stedfast inprayer,God isfixedin our heart,and the lostlightisre stored.Or to pass by is of man, to stand is of God. The Lordthen passingby heard the blind man crying,standing stillrestoredhim to sight,for by His humanity in compas sionto our blindnessHe has pity upon our cries,by the powerof His divinityHe pours upon us the lightof His grace. Now forthisreason He asks what the blind man wished, thatHe might stirup hisheartto prayer,forHe wishesthat to be sought in prayer,which He knows beforehand both thatwe seek and He grants. AMBROSE. Or, He asked the blindman to the end that we might believe,that without confessionno man can be saved. GREG. The blind man Greg.seeksfrom the Lord not gold,but light. Let us then seek Ul ' notforfalseriches,but forthatlightwhich togetherwith the Angelsalonewe may see,the way wherennto isfaith. Well thenwas itsaidto the blind,Receivethysight; thyfaithhath savedthee. He who sees,also follows,because the good whichhe understandshe practises. AUG. Ifwe interpretJerichoto mean the moon, and there-Aug.deforedeath,our Lord when approaching His death com- E"*sti"j manded the lightof the Gospel to be preached to the Jews 4"-48. only,who are signifiedby that one blind man whom Luke speaksof,but risingagain from the dead and ascendingto heaveu,to both Jews and Gentiles; and these two nations seemto be denoted by the two blind men whom Matthew mentions.