Walk in the Light

In this week’s Gospel for the fourth Sunday of Lent, Jesus heals a blind man. The Jewish leaders of the time, the Pharisees, were annoyed because Jesus healed him on the Sabbath which was against the Jewish law. Moreover, they believed that the man’s blindness like all sickness was because he or his parents had sinned. Jesus told his disciple this was not the case.

This led the blind man to accept Jesus as the “Son of Man” when Jesus told him who he was. I came into the world Jesus said, “that those who do not see may see.” Thus the healing of the blind man may be considered a metaphor for something much deeper.

Jesus lights up the lives of those who accept him as Saviour which these Pharisees clearly didn’t, and so they remained in darkness.

Lent is a time to reflect on our lives.

We can be faced with all sorts of difficulties and challenges and feel that we have lost our way. We just don’t know which way to turn. Catholic churches are open for all genuine searchers in the run up to Lent and at Easter. Why not pop in and sit quietly in front of the Tabernacle where Jesus is truly present.

The honest and heartfelt prayer, “Jesus show me the way to walk,” should light up our day, our week, our lives.

Find a hymn book at the back of the church and read the words of the hymn, “The Spirit Lives (Walk in the Light)” or find it on YouTube (Damian Lundy).