In the spirit of a traditional "fourfold" reading of Scripture, Zack offers both a literal and a spiritual reading of the story of the man who is deaf and has difficulty speaking. At the literal level, this is not one of the set of "miracles" to which we might grow (too) accustomed, but is, instead, an unique healing of an unique individual. At the spiritual level, it is always a miracle when God allows us to "hear" -- and Jesus does this with his very own touch.