The Light of the World
During the Lenten season the church looks to the fact that, by the light of the Son of God coming into the world, darkness opposed to his arrival is exposed. In these middle weeks of Lent Year A, the Gospel readings from the Book of John are typically long. Within them there are significant dialogues between Jesus and individuals, revealing the contrast between light and darkness, faith and opposition, that is present in the world and in every human heart.
In this week’s Gospel reading we hear of a beggar who has been blind from birth being healed by Jesus. Being healed helps him begin a completely new life which he had never before experienced. When he is blind he is a beggar, has nothing, and is shunned by others. He is now able to experience the light that Jesus brings, to see is to be bathed in that light, and he becomes Jesus’s disciple. He was blind—he was in darkness. Now, he is in the light, not just of his physical sight, but because a deeper insight opens him up to Jesus who is the Light of the world.
This is a challenge. We are given vision, we live in the light. This lent as we re- examine ourselves and commit ourselves to worship, receiving Holy Communion, strengthening our time in prayer, reading the Bible and giving generously, we must at the same time make sure we are not blind to poverty, injustice, and suffering.
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