Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor.
“Looking Ahead” is our series of reflections on the Sunday readings, by Father Perry.
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor
The princes, priests, people “added infidelity to infidelity” and even desecrated the temple.
John tells us that those who live in sin hate the light, hate love, and are attracted to darkness.
But just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert (those who looked at it were saved from their sin), so must the Son of man be lifted up.
We must truly look to him, look at him, and discover his look of love at and for us.
This is the good news of the word today.
The letter to the Ephesians says it most succinctly —
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved).”
The healing of blindness happens several times in the Scrutiny Year A Gospel reading.
In John’s Gospel, a simple phrase captures the wonder of this miracle —
“One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.”
Sight — whether physical, emotional or spiritual — is always preferable to blindness or the inability to see.
This, again, this is what the choice of Jesus Christ is really about!
Quote of the week |
“The only thing that’s worse than being blind, is having sight but no vision.” — Helen Keller (1880-1968).
