The second part of our Gospel reading tells about a deaf man who was made to hear. I wonder if he was like the elderly man who went to his doctor about his loss of hearing. The doctor prescribed a tiny hearing aid that essentially cured the man's deafness. He came back to the doctor some weeks later, and the doctor asked him if his family was thrilled by his newfound hearing. "Well, I didn't tell them," The man answered. "I just sit around and listen. And so far I have changed my legal will three times."