This week’s Gospel readings address both passionate faith and gentle compassion. A blind beggar named Bartemaeus ignored bystanders’ pleas to stop calling out to Jesus, and the Lord cured him. The Lord displayed His own passion when He angrily ransacked a makeshift market in the Temple area. Enduring Crucifixion, Jesus ministered to the last as He commended Mary and a beloved Disciple (probably John) to one another as mother and son. Why do we sometimes avoid expressing the depth of our faith?