We must truly look to him, look at him, and discover his look of love at, for us

Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor.

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

“Looking Ahead” is a reflection on the Sunday readings by Father Perry.

The princes, priests, and 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 today says it most succinctly: “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).”

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The healing of blindness happens several times in the Gospel, but in John’s Gospel today 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, is what the choice of Jesus Christ is really about.

Father Perry D. Leiker is the 14th pastor of St. Bernard Catholic Church. Reach him at (323) 255-6142. Email Father Perry at pleiker@stbernard-church.com. Follow Father Perry on Twitter: @MrDeano76.