Healing The Blind And The Mute

Cum autem venisset domum, accesserunt ad eum caeci, et dixit ad eos: Creditis quia hoc possum facere vobis? Dicunt ei: Utique, Domine. Tunc Dominus fide eorum cognita, tetigit oculos eorum et aperti sunt. Mystice domus illa in qua illuminati sunt caeci, Ecclesia est, in qua per fidem, lumen visionis Dei percipimus, quod per peccatum primi parentis amisimus. Quod autem Dominus caecos interrogat, non utique ignorabat, quid vel quantum ipsi crederent; sed ad hoc interrogat, ut fides nostra orando remuneratior inveniatur, ut quae ille paratus est concedere per gratiam praevenientem, nos quaeramus per liberi arbitrii voluntatem: et illis illuminatis, comminatus est Jesus ne notificarent, ipsi tamen per totam terram diffamaverunt. Dominus, licet eos sicut res erat esse notificaturos cognosceret, propter humilitatem tamen fugiens jactantiam gloriae, hoc praecepit. Illi vero propter memoriae gloriam non possunt beneficium facere. Egressis autem illis, ecce obtulerunt ei hominem mutum, daemonium habentem. Et daemone ejecto, locutus est mutus. Qui obtulerunt hominem istum, nulli melius quam sancti praedicatores intelliguntur, qui genus humanum non in uno loco, sed in una fide, conspectibus Dei, non tantum corpore, sed anima sanandum praesentant. Sicut enim in duobus caecis significatus est uterque populus, Judaeorum et gentium, ita in homine muto et daemoniaco significatum est generaliter omne genus humanum, quod quasi mutum ad confessionem verae fidei, nec os aperiebat in laudem Dei creatoris sui, et daemonium habebat, dum pro Deo falsa figmenta colebat, sed veniente Domino in carne, ejectus est daemon, et locutus est mutus. Anselmus Laudunensis, Enarrationes In Matthaeum, Caput IX Source: Migne PL 162.1337a-c

And when He had come to the house they brought the blind men to Him, and He said to them, 'Do you believe that I can do this?' They said to Him, 'Yes, Lord.' Then the Lord, knowing their faith, touched their eyes and they were opened. 1 Mystically the house in which they are illuminated is the Church, in which we perceive the light of the vision of the Lord through faith, which light we lost through the sin of our first parents. And that the Lord questions these blind men is not because He was ignorant of how much they believed, but He questioned them for this, that He who gives the reward might exhibit our faith in prayer, so what He has prepared might be given by waiting grace, which we should seek of our own free will. Then Jesus warned those who were illuminated not to proclaim it but they went and declared it across the whole land. It is possible that the Lord knew that they would declare it, but He commanded them on account of humility, that flees all the boasts of glory. They, however, because of they wonder of what was done were not able to do what was right. Then with them going out, they brought to Him a mute who had a demon. And He cast out the demon and the mute spoke. They who brought this man to Him are best understood as holy preachers who present for healing the human race, not in one place, but in one faith, in the sight of God, and not only the body but the soul. As the two blind men signified all the human race, so with this mute is the confession of true faith, for having a demon he could not open his mouth in praise of God his creator, while he worshiped false idols for God, but with the Lord coming in the flesh, the demon is cast out, and the mute speaks. Anselm of Laon, Commentary On The Gospel of Saint Matthew, Chapter 9 1 Mt 9.28-29