The Fourth Sunday of Lent
GOSPEL John 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38
The blind man went off and washed himself, and came away with his sight restored
As Jesus went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. He spat on the ground, made a paste with the spittle, put this over the eyes of the blind man, and said to him, ‘Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam’ (a name that means ‘sent’). So the blind man went off and washed himself, and came away with his sight restored.
His neighbours and people who earlier had seen him begging said, ‘Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some said, ‘Yes, it is the same one. Others said, “No, he only
looks like him. The man himself said, ‘I am the man.
They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. It had been a sabbath day when Jesus made the paste and opened the man’s eyes, so when the Pharisees asked him how he had come to see, he said, ‘He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and I can see. Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man cannot be from God: he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, ‘How could a sinner produce signs like this?’ And there was disagreement among them. So they spoke to the blind man again, What have you to say
about him yourself, now that he has opened your eyes?’ He is a prophet’ replied the man. ‘Are you trying to teach us, they replied and you a sinner through and through, since you were born!’ And they drove him away. Jesus heard they had driven him away, and when he found him he said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ ‘Sir, the man replied tell me who he is so that I may believe in him. Jesus said, ‘You are looking at him; he is speaking to you. The man said, ‘Lord, I believe, and worshipped him.
PRAYER:
Christ Jesus, Lord of heavenly light, you gave sight to man who was born blind,
and awakened a deep faith in his heart.
Take away our spiritual blindness and let us see clearly your divine truth – write it in our hearts.
Awaken true spiritual sight in us: to see your hand at work in our lives, your providence to care for all our needs your plan for each one of us.
Allow us to see as you would see.
Terry Mc Namee