26th Day of Lent: March 30, 2014: “I was blind but now I see” (John 9:25)

26^th Day of Lent: March 30, 2014:  “I was blind but                                                            now I see”

             (John 9:25)

The Gospel of John presents Jesus as the light of the world.

Wherever he is and whoever follows him will walk in the light for

he dispels all darkness. 

Jesus enlightens his disciples so that they can see him clearly and follow him closely.

 We see the blind man in the Gospel encountering Jesus and eventually brought to physical sight. Then Jesus gradually leads him to know him to a deeper and deeper insight into the Truth of Jesus.

Seeing Jesus the Light should lead us to living the light. The Spirit of the Lord must have  ‘rushed upon’ the now former blind man just as it did to David. 

He then says being questioned by the Pharisees that Jesus must be a holy man, ‘a prophet for I was once blind but now I see’. The Pharisees were so blind to see the Truth. So they move from sight and light into darkness where as the man is moving from sight into insight. The Pharisees plunged into darkness because their God was in a box according to Cardinal Tagle. They got caught up in the messy details of the law and pronounced Jesus to be a sinner for he violated the Sabbath law. They had fabricated a god according to their own ideas and when God surprises them they cannot accept it as Truth. 

God’s surprises are many in our life and do we have the eyes to see them and having seen it do we draw closer to Him?

The season of lent is when we present our darkness, our

 prejudices, our blindness to the God of light so that he can anoint us with healing balm of forgiveness and plunge us into water of new birth and new life. 

This is so that we may not only receive sight but insight and wisdom to walk in the light of Christ.

 So then we can pray with the psalmist

 “even though I walk in the dark valley

 I fear no evil; for you are at my side that

 give me courage”(Psalm 23:3-4).

God Bless you always!
Sincerely Yours,
Rev. Fr. Cyriac Chandy Mattathilanickal, MS

Wishing you and yours A Holy Lent!

Rev. Fr. Tom Puthusseril, M.S.

Shrine Director

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