Fourth Sunday of Lent: the blind man

In his Lenten message for 2011, Pope Benedict focused on the purifying power of Baptism and the need for conversion and repentance in preparation for Easter. He urged the faithful to reflect carefully on the five Gospel readings of Lent and on how they can apply these to their own lives.

Speaking of the Gospel reading for Sunday April 3rd, in which Jesus heals a beggar of his blindness, Pope Benedict described it as “a sign that Christ wants not only to give us sight, but also to open our interior vision so that our faith may become ever deeper and we may recognize him as our only Saviour.”

Tracey McClure asked Msgr Anthony Figueiredo, an official at the Pontifical Council Cor Unum that issues the Pope’s Message for Lent each year, if sometimes we are like the blind man in this story – so caught up in our everyday problems and activities that we become oblivious to God…
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