I Want to See Again

Then putting spittle on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked, ‘Can you see anything?’ 
Mk.8:23

Jesus is moved by the pleas of the blind man's friends. In private, he places spittle twice on the man's eyes and his sight is returned.

A number of points stand out in this event. The blind man has friends committed to him. Jesus follows a complicated healing process involving much touching of the blind man's hands and face. The healing requires two steps from Jesus. The healing is undertaken in private.

In the Gospels Jesus' healing is recorded as occurring spontaneously, instantly, slowly, unconsciously, deliberately, remotely, intimately, from direct pleas and from the intercession of others, in fact in just about every different way possible. There is no set formula, barring each occurrence had the presence of faith. 

As an aside, there are two other instances of Jesus using his spittle to heal blindness, including John 9:1-7 where Jesus makes mud with his saliva before laying it in the blind man's eyes. This gives a whole new meaning to the salutation, "Here's mud in your eye".

Jesus, there are areas in my life where I suffer a blindness to my own brokenness. Lord, I want to see again.
Saint Philip Neri, please pray for me.