By Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky, The Catholic Thing - In the Gospel, early in the ministry of Jesus, He’s surrounded by crowds, including a coterie of protective disciples, outside of Jericho. The blind man Bartimaeus calls out to Jesus and, after a few rebuffs from the self-appointed gatekeepers, Jesus responds to the blind man’s request to “see” and heals him. At first glance, the account points to the need to be healed of an inner blindness, the blindness of faithlessness. And that’s not a bad off-the-shelf homily message.