The Readings from Mass this morning are an account of Jesus coming to the Decapolis, and the people bringing to him a man who was deaf and mute.
The Gospel contiues:
He (Jesus) took him (The man who was deaf and mute) off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!") And immediately the man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.
As in my previous post which concerned in part "Talitha koum," Jesus speaks, and it happens.
This is a fulfillment of the psalm (Ps 33;9):
For he spoke, and it came to be, commanded, and it stood in place
It is also a fulfillment of Ps 148;5 which reads:
Let them all praise the LORD’s name; for he commanded and they were created
The Book of Judith reads:
Let your every creature serve you; for you spoke, and they were made. You sent forth your spirit, and it created them; no one can resist your voice.
As when Jesus said to the daughter of Jairus "Talitha Koum," when he says to deaf and mute man "Ephphatha" it happens. The scriptures are fulfilled.
