By Rev. Michael P. Orsi, CNSNews - Miracle stories in the Gospels always have symbolic significance beyond the details recorded about a particular event... For instance, the story of Jesus healing Bartimaeus, the blind man, is about more than just correcting one person’s disability, impressive as that might be. It’s about bringing light (spiritual insight) to a world walking in darkness... This is an important point to keep in mind when reading the Bible in our own time. ...