“He has done everything well,” they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

(Mark 7:37) This foreigner who is both deaf and mute has never heard Jesus’ voice. It was only through his friends’ help that he could come to Jesus. Finally, it was also his friends who begged Jesus to cure him.

Therefore, we need mutual trust and support from our friends if we are willing to approach Jesus.

Jesus could have used just one word to cure the foreigner, but instead he put his fingers in the man’s ears, spat on his tongue and said, “Open up!”

We know from the gospel that Jesus had many different ways of curing the sick, and they were all fascinating.

Similarly, He leads us each towards God in a special way. When Peter and his companion, John, asked Jesus about their future, Jesus answered, “What is that to you? Follow me!”