March 22nd, 2020. 4th of Lent. Jn 9, 1.6-9.13-17.34-38
This Sunday the gospel tells us about the healing of a man born blind. The apostles ask Jesus if the blindness is due to some sin committed by him or his parents ( a belief at that time). Later, the scribes and Pharisees confront the blind man and do not want to recognize God’s action.
“There is none so blind as those who will not see.” In our life there are moments when we can be without light, in darkness: doubts, disorientation, searching, confusion of ideas. We are as if blind in many situations, and that blindness is not exactly physical blindness. It is moral blindness, which is the worst because it does not allow us to see, and even pretends that others “see” as we do. We are locked up in our position. Clinging to criteria that do not allow us to grow. This kind of blindness is almost impossible to cure. It needs a great deal of humility, openness of mind and heart, which will provide us with new vision.
This new vision is what Jesus, the Light of the world, offers us: to live in love, in justice, in truth. We try to hide our wrongdoings, to keep them from coming to light. We do bad things in secret. Jesus is the light that illuminates us, and he asks us that our life also be a light for others: “you are the light of the world”. Light to illuminate, to give meaning to one’s own life.
We are going through difficult times with the coronavirus epidemic. And in these circumstances there are many people who have turned to others, who give their time and even their lives to lend a hand. Others are able to recognize the value of what they do. Today God continues to speak to us through them.
Am I able to recognize this?
Juan Ramon Gomez Pascual, cmf
