Three retirees, each with hearing loss, were taking a walk one fine March day. One of them remarked to the other, "Windy, ain't it?"

"No," the second man replied, "It's Thursday."

And the third man chimed in, "So am I, let's stop and get a Coke."

Hearing loss is really no laughing matter, I know. For the past couple of years my family has been making fun of the things I thought I'd heard. Well, about five months ago I finally had my hearing tested and now I wear hearing aids. The difference for me was remarkable. The only problem is, when Mary asks me to do something I don't want to do,

I can no longer tell her: "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you."

In the passage for today Jesus has a chance encounter with a man who is deaf and has a speech impediment and to everyone's astonishment, Jesus …