On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, we remember when Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, opened the eyes of the man born blind. May the Savior have mercy and illuminate our hearts. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, did not explain away the blind man’s suffering or attribute guilt to him. Instead, He met the afflicted with compassion and revealed God’s holy work through human suffering. May we be granted humility in order to confess our spiritual blindness, since if “we see” our guilt will remain with us. May we be delivered from the hard-heartedness of the Pharisees, from self-assurance that blinds us from God’s truth, and from indifference to the suffering of others. As Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, healed the eyes of the blind man with water and clay from the Pool of Siloam, may the Savior also wash away our prejudice, fear, and indifference. May we truly learn to behold the Image of God in every person. May our Lord and Savior look upon the suffering in the Holy Land, both Muslims and Christians, who are living under displacement, checkpoints, and the violence of war. Preserve them, strengthen them, and keep them alive in the hope of the Holy Resurrection. Lord Jesus Christ, make us witnesses of Your healing, friends of the marginalized, and defenders of the oppressed. Amen.

John 9:1-41