To see the world with the eyes of Jesus as He saw the man born blind. Sunday Reflections, 4th Sunday of Lent, Year A
Blind Pensioner with a Stick Vincent van Gogh [ Web Gallery of Ar t] Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel John 9:1-41 ( English Standard Version Anglicised: India) [For the shorter form (9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38) omit the text in brackets.] As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. [ And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ] Having said these things,] he spat on the ground ...