4th Sunday of Lent.

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

We are often moved by the sight of a blind person with a white cane or a guide dog, making their way across a busy street.  We marvel at their courage and trust, to be able to arrive safely on the other side.

Jesus cures the man born blind.  The Pharisees had problems with Jesus.  He mixed with publicans and sinners, where he preached mercy and forgiveness and he healed on the Sabbath.  They refused to believe that he had cured this man, whom the brow-beat with all kinds of allegations.

We are all born blind until our Baptism, when the life we receive gives us the power to bring Christ to everything we do and every person we meet.  Jesus came to show us that He is the light of the world, but some of us either refuse or are unable to accept Him as “the Way, Truth and the Light”.  This Lent let us listen to what the Lord wants of us and come out of the darkness.

“I am the light of the world, says the Lord

Anyone who follows me will have the light of life”. (Jn 8:12)