Calling For Help

Qui cum audisset quia Iesus Nazarenus esset, copeit clamare et dicere, Iesu fili David, miserere mei. Tangit instantiam supplicantis: et dicit duo: supplicationem, et instantiam. In supplicatione dicit tria, scilicet, excitationem ad petendum, intensionem ad clamandum, discretionem ad impetrandum. Dicit igitur, qui cum auddiset, a transeuntibus quia sicut dicit: Cum audiret turbam praetereuntem, interrogabat quid hoc esset. Dixerunt autem ei quia Iesus Nazarenus transiret: et hoc est, quia Iesus Nazarenus, omni flore vernans, esset, qui transiret: sperans de misericordia et bonitate et largitate eius, qui illuminat omnem hominem venientem in hunc mundum, excitatus est ad petendum ab eo, de quo dicitur: Illuminare his qui in tenebris et in umbra mortis sedent, ad dirigendos pedes nostros in viam pacis. Et hoc est, coepit clamare, cum magna desiderii et intentionis et vocis intensione. Clamor meus introivit in aures eius. Clamavi in toto corde meo, exaudi me Domine. Anima in angustiis et spiritus anxius clamat ad te Domine, et dicere, tangit discretionem petitionis ad exaudiendum. Iesu fili David miserere mei. Iesum nominat Salvatorem, cuius et officium et actus semper fuit ad salvandum. In oratione Manasses: Indignum salvabis me secundum mulititudinem misericordiae tuae. Fili David. manu fortis, qui salvare potest: affectu desiderabilis, qui ex benignitate cunctis exhibet vultum gratiosum: divitis regis, qui habit unde salvare possit: misericordis etiam in inimicos, quem aliena misera in corde afficit, et cogit ad miserendum. Tu qui filius huius es et haereditate cuncta ista accepisti. Miserere mei, de primo dicitur: Secundum nomen suum fortis in salutem gentis. De secundo Ioel Benignus et misericors et praestabilis super malitia. Valde mirabilis es Domine et facies tua plena gratiarum. Et ideo omnes in facie eius gratiam inveniunt. De tertio In omnibus divites facti estis in illo. Et sequitur, ita ut nihil desit vobis in ulla gratia. Dives in omnes qui invocant illum. De quarto: Apud Dominum misericordia et copiosa apud eum redemptio. Ergo, miserere mei, tua compassione, utranque meam miseriam corporis et fortunae remonendo. Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam, et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum. Ubi est zelus tuus et fortitudo tua, multitudo viscerum tuorum, et miserationum tuarum super me continuerunt se? Sanctus Albertus Magnus Commentarium In Evangelium Divi Marci, Caput X Source: Here p129

When he had heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say: 'Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.' 1 This touches on the insistence of supplication, and it speaks of two things, the supplication and the insistence. In supplication there are three parts, exertion in seeking, intensity of crying out, and discretion in what is sought. It says, then, 'when he had heard' and this from passers by, as Luke says, 'When he heard the crowd passing by he asked what it might be. They said to him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by,' 2 that is, because it was Jesus of Nazareth, fresh with every flower, who was passing by, and he had hope for His mercy and kindness and largess, 'He who illuminates every man coming into this world,' 3 and he was roused to entreat from Him, of whom it is said 'To enlighten those who are in darkness and who sit in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.' 4 And this is the beginning of crying out, with great desire and intensity and strength of voice. 'My cry entered into your ears.' 'I cried out from my whole heart, hear me, O Lord.' 'An anguished soul and a troubled spirit cries out to you, O Lord.' 5 Then he touches on the discretion of the petition so that it might be heard. 'Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.' He names Jesus the Saviour, whose office and act was always for salvation. In the prayer of Manasseh: 'You saved me, one who was unworthy, according to the abundance of your mercy.' 6 'Son of David', by the hand of power He is able to save, by joyful affection, He who from benevolence shows to everyone a gracious face, you who are rich to kings, who possess what is able to save, you who are merciful even to enemies, who are touched even by misery in a foreign heart, and it inclines you to compassion. You who are his son and you have received all his inheritance, 'Have mercy on me,' Firstly in Ecclesiasticus it says: 'According to your name, mighty for the salvation of the people.' Secondly in Joel: 'Benevolent and merciful and superior to all wickedness.' In Esther: 'Exceedingly wonderful you are, O Lord, and your face is full of grace.' 7 And therefore all find grace in his face. Thirdly, 'In everything you are rich in Him' And it follows: 'So that nothing will be lacking to you in any grace.' 'Rich to all who call on him.' 8 Fourthly 'With the Lord is mercy and an abundance of redemption.' 9 Therefore, 'Have mercy on me,' in your compassion, being mindful of my wretchedness in both body and fortune. 'Be merciful to me according to your great mercy, and according to the abundance of your compassion.' 'Where is your eagerness and your strength, the abundance of your care, and your compassion over me, which is yours?' 10 Saint Albert The Great, Commentary On The Gospel of St Mark, Chapter 10 1 Mark 10.47 2 Lk 18.36 3 Jn 1.9 4 Lk 1.79 5 Ps 17.7, Ps 118.145, Baruch 3.1 6 2 Chron 33.19, Prex Manasseh 14 7 Sirach 46.1, Joel 2.13, Esther 15.17 8 1 Cor 1.5,7, Rom 10.11 9 Ps 129.7 10 Ps 50.3, Isaiah 63.15