3/22/20: 4th Sunday of Lent: The Man Born Blind is Us

Today we reflect on this amazing Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Lent and the deeply symbolic healing of the man born blind. As we reflect on the symbols of clay and the pool at Siloam, we realize that Jesus recreates us at our baptism and heals the terrible defect in us that has been present since our birth: original sin. But the healed man shows us that this healing of our spiritual blindness that we received at our baptism results in the gradual unfolding of our faith, which is brought to perfection through our trials and our continual encounters with Jesus. May this Gospel help us to live with great confidence through the trials of our own day!