First Reading 1 Samuel 16:1b,6-7,10-13a
Samuel is sent to anoint David as king.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 23:1-6
The Lord is our shepherd.
Second Reading Ephesians 5:8-14
The Ephesians are told to live as children of light.
Gospel Reading
John 9:1-41 (shorter form: John 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38)
God’s ways of seeing are not our ways, we hear in today’s First Reading. Jesus illustrates this in the Gospel - as the blind man comes to see and the Pharisees are made blind. The blind man stands for all humanity. “Born totally in sin” he is made a new creation by the saving power of Christ. As God breathed the spirit of life into the first man, the blind man is not healed until he washes in the waters of Siloam, a name that means “Sent.” Jesus is the new source of life-giving water - the Holy Spirit who rushes upon us in Baptism (see John 4:10; 7:38-39). In the restful waters of Baptism He has refreshed our souls. He has anointed our heads with the oil of Confirmation and spread the Eucharistic table before us, filling our cups to overflowing. With the once-blind man we enter His house to give God the praise, to renew our vow : “I do believe, Lord.”
March 20 - Third Sunday of Lent, Year C
13 March - Second Sunday of Lent, Year C
March 6 : First Sunday of Lent, Year C
February 27 - Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
February 20 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
February 13 - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
February 6 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
January 30 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
January 23 :Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
January 16 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time : Year C
January 9 - The Baptism of the Lord, Year C
January 2 - Epiphany of the Lord
January 1 - Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Mother of God
December 26 - The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Year C
December 25 - The Nativity of the Lord
December 19 - Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C
December 12 - Third Sunday in Advent - Year C
December 5 - Second Sunday of Advent, Year C
November 28 - First Sunday of Advent, Year C
November 21 - The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Cycle B
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