Today’s gospel passage sees Jesus cast out a demon from a man. The man is unable to speak. When the demon is cast out the man finds his voice and begins to speak.
A few months ago, when reading a similar passage where Jesus cast out a demon that rendered a man unable to speak, I was struck by the thought that not to use our voices, when able to do so, to promote good and to speak well of people is a form of evil. It never occurred to me that silence when speech is an option – that silence that does not seek to bring something positive to a situation is not good and could easily be the work of evil.
A Lenten thought around this might be – how am I using my voice to further was is good?