In this week's edition of There's More in the Gospel than Meets the Eye,
Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the
Fourth Sunday of Lent. Listen:
Gospel Jn
9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38
As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. He
spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and
said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” — which means Sent —. So he went
and washed, and came back able to see.
His neighbors and those who had seen
him earlier as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?” Some
said, “It is, “ but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” He said, “I am.”
They
brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees. Now Jesus had made clay and
opened his eyes on a sabbath. So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able
to see. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can
see.” So some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he
does not keep the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And
there was a division among them. So they said to the blind man again, “What
do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a
prophet.”
They answered and said to him, “You were born totally in sin, and
are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that
they had thrown him out, he found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He
answered and said, “Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” Jesus said
to him, “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.” He said, “I
do believe, Lord,” and he worshiped him.