1 .- INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL.
"Road to Faith"
The story is unforgettable. Traditionally called "Healing the man born blind, but much more, as the evangelist describes the inner journey that will make a man lost in the darkness to meet Jesus," Light of the world. "
not know his name. We only know that he is a beggar, blind from birth, which begs outside the temple. It knows no light. He has not ever seen. You can not walk or orient himself. His life is spent in darkness. Can never know a life of dignity.
One day Jesus went for his life. The blind is much needed to let you work your eyes. Do not know who he is, but trust your healing force. Following his instructions, cleanses your eyes on the pool of Siloam and for the first time, begins to see. The encounter with Jesus will change your life.
neighbors see it transformed. Is the same but it seems other. The man explains his experience: "a man called Jesus" has healed. Do not know more. Know who is and where it is, but opened his eyes. Jesus makes it even those who only recognized as a man.
The Pharisees, understood in religion, they ask all sorts of explanations for Jesus. He speaks of his experience: "I only know one thing: he was blind and now I see." I wonder what he thinks of Jesus and he tells them what he feels, "is a prophet." What has received from him is so good that the man has to come from God. So many people simply live their faith in Jesus. Do not know theology, but feel that this man comes from God.
Little
by little, the beggar is being alone. His parents did not defend it. Religious leaders throw him out of the synagogue. But Jesus does not abandon one who loves and seeks. "When I heard that they had expelled, went to look for" . Jesus has his ways to meet those who seek it. No one can prevent.
When Jesus meets the man whom nobody seems to understand, just ask a question: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" Do you believe in the New Man, Man precisely because they are fully human expression and embodiment the unfathomable mystery of God? The beggar is willing to believe, but it is more blind than ever: " Who is Lord, to believe in him?"
Jesus says: "You're watching: the one you're talking about, that is." The blind will now open the eyes of the soul. Bows before Jesus and says, "I believe, Lord." Just listening to Jesus and letting him lead inwardly, we are walking to a faith more fully and more humble.
Lent progresses
Avanza Lent. The temptations we go to the transfiguration and then to Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman. The liturgy, the readings for each Sunday we will focus on the figure of Jesus. In the end, the whole of Lent is aimed at making intense memory of those days of Easter in Jerusalem in which Jesus lived his personal Passover.
Lent itinerary has a lot of personal encounter with Jesus, the discovery of his person. Is that without that encounter no avail. Much can be said of moral, Christian life, community, church, orders, sacraments and many other things. But the necessary foundation, the essential starting point is the encounter with Jesus. Ultimately discover that Jesus is one person alive today is still speaking to me personally and inviting to follow and participate in the Kingdom.
The Gospel of this Sunday marks another milestone in this approach to the figure of Jesus. Brings to mind the story of the healing of a blind from birth. Walk through the middle Pharisees who question not only the miracle but a new ability to see that it has acquired the blind. For them not just look, having eyes and distinguish shapes and forms. There is another way of seeing, of knowing, to interpret the ways they look. The Pharisees say was born blind as a result of sin and therefore can not clearly understand what he sees.
"I washed it and see"
However, the blind man is guilty of reckless. Retrieves the physical sight by the action of Jesus. It was full of blind and that at any given time has begun to see. Did not see before and now you see. So his first response to the Pharisees' question is simple: "He put mud on my eyes, I washed it and see." There is more to say.
What happens is that the Pharisees have the desire to dig. Ask what you think and the old blind man says what is obvious. He who does good, who gives sight to the blind, can not be more than a prophet. Has gone a step further. He says what he thinks, what he sees with his common sense freely. Although it cost him being rejected by society, by the Pharisees.
But there is one more step. It lacks the reunion with Jesus. There is a moment of dialogue between the two, in private meeting, which ends with the confession of faith: "Lord, I believe."
"I, Lord"
Thus, in a short story, the evangelist has told us the entire conversion process, the encounter with Jesus, the discovery of Jesus as Lord of our life, what gives meaning to everything we do the way we relate to others, work, political commitment to the relationship ... Jesus encourages a whole way of living always in agreement with the Kingdom. And we, having met him, we commit to live that way. Because we understand that it's worth, that is the greatest treasure we can have in life, otherwise Paul would say, it's garbage compared to Christ.
In Jesus we have found the true light that enlightens our lives and the lives of the world. In Jesus we can retrieve a view that goes beyond the eyes of our body. In Jesus we learn to see with the heart and mind. In Jesus, in light, recovers all its meaning.
Now is the time to go beyond this review and find the time and opportunity to meet personally with Jesus. It is not even read a book can help. In the end, there is a time to be closing the book and enter within to talk with Jesus face to face. To let us heal, to chew their words and lifestyle. To hear us when we ask: "Do you believe in the Son of man?" And respond in a firm voice: "I believe, Lord." And then out into the world to fill the light of Christ.
Reading the holy gospel according to John (9,1.6-9.13-17.34-38):
At that time, passing he saw a man blind from birth. And he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed him in the eyes of the blind and said, 'Go wash in the Pool of Siloam (which means Sent). "
He went, washed, and came to view. And the neighbors and that they used to see him begging asked, "Is not he the one who sat down to ask?"
Some said, "The same."
Others said, "It's not him, but he seems."
He replied: "I am."
They brought to the Pharisees the man who was blind. Saturday was the day Jesus made clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees also asked him how he acquired the view.
He replied: "He put mud in your eyes, I washed, and see."
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath."
Other retorted: "How can a sinner do such signs? "
And they were divided. And ask the blind man again: "And you, what do you say of you opened your eyes?"
He replied: "He is a prophet."
replied, "You were born Empecatado from head to toe, what we're going to give lessons to us? "
and expelled him.
Jesus heard that they had expelled, found him and said, 'Do you believe in the Son of man? "
He replied: "Who is he, sir, to believe in him?"
Jesus said, "You're watching: the one you're talking about, that is."
He said: "I believe Lord. "and he worshiped him.
Word of the Lord
2. COMMENT.
We "Road to Faith"
The story is unforgettable. Traditionally called "Healing the man born blind, but much more, as the evangelist describes the inner journey that will make a man lost in the darkness to meet Jesus," Light of the world. "
not know his name. We only know that he is a beggar, blind from birth, which begs outside the temple. It knows no light. He has not ever seen. You can not walk or orient himself. His life is spent in darkness. Can never know a life of dignity. One day Jesus went for his life. The blind is much needed to let you work your eyes. Do not know who he is, but trust your healing force. Following his instructions, cleanses your eyes on the pool of Siloam and for the first time, begins to see. The encounter with Jesus will change your life.
neighbors see it transformed. Is the same but it seems other. The man explains his experience: "a man called Jesus" has healed. Do not know more. Know who is and where it is, but opened his eyes. Jesus makes it even those who only recognized as a man.
The Pharisees, understood in religion, they ask all sorts of explanations for Jesus. He speaks of his experience: "I only know one thing: he was blind and now I see." I wonder what he thinks of Jesus and he tells them what he feels, "is a prophet." What has received from him is so good that the man has to come from God. So many people simply live their faith in Jesus. Do not know theology, but feel that this man comes from God.
Little
by little, the beggar is being alone. His parents did not defend it. Religious leaders throw him out of the synagogue. But Jesus does not abandon one who loves and seeks. "When I heard that they had expelled, went to look for" . Jesus has his ways to meet those who seek it. No one can prevent. When Jesus meets the man whom nobody seems to understand, just ask a question: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" Do you believe in the New Man, Man precisely because they are fully human expression and embodiment the unfathomable mystery of God? The beggar is willing to believe, but it is more blind than ever: " Who is Lord, to believe in him?"
Jesus says: "You're watching: the one you're talking about, that is." The blind will now open the eyes of the soul. Bows before Jesus and says, "I believe, Lord." Just listening to Jesus and letting him lead inwardly, we are walking to a faith more fully and more humble.
Lent progresses
Avanza Lent. The temptations we go to the transfiguration and then to Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman. The liturgy, the readings for each Sunday we will focus on the figure of Jesus. In the end, the whole of Lent is aimed at making intense memory of those days of Easter in Jerusalem in which Jesus lived his personal Passover. Lent itinerary has a lot of personal encounter with Jesus, the discovery of his person. Is that without that encounter no avail. Much can be said of moral, Christian life, community, church, orders, sacraments and many other things. But the necessary foundation, the essential starting point is the encounter with Jesus. Ultimately discover that Jesus is one person alive today is still speaking to me personally and inviting to follow and participate in the Kingdom.
The Gospel of this Sunday marks another milestone in this approach to the figure of Jesus. Brings to mind the story of the healing of a blind from birth. Walk through the middle Pharisees who question not only the miracle but a new ability to see that it has acquired the blind. For them not just look, having eyes and distinguish shapes and forms. There is another way of seeing, of knowing, to interpret the ways they look. The Pharisees say was born blind as a result of sin and therefore can not clearly understand what he sees.
"I washed it and see"
However, the blind man is guilty of reckless. Retrieves the physical sight by the action of Jesus. It was full of blind and that at any given time has begun to see. Did not see before and now you see. So his first response to the Pharisees' question is simple: "He put mud on my eyes, I washed it and see." There is more to say.
What happens is that the Pharisees have the desire to dig. Ask what you think and the old blind man says what is obvious. He who does good, who gives sight to the blind, can not be more than a prophet. Has gone a step further. He says what he thinks, what he sees with his common sense freely. Although it cost him being rejected by society, by the Pharisees.
But there is one more step. It lacks the reunion with Jesus. There is a moment of dialogue between the two, in private meeting, which ends with the confession of faith: "Lord, I believe."
"I, Lord"
Thus, in a short story, the evangelist has told us the entire conversion process, the encounter with Jesus, the discovery of Jesus as Lord of our life, what gives meaning to everything we do the way we relate to others, work, political commitment to the relationship ... Jesus encourages a whole way of living always in agreement with the Kingdom. And we, having met him, we commit to live that way. Because we understand that it's worth, that is the greatest treasure we can have in life, otherwise Paul would say, it's garbage compared to Christ. In Jesus we have found the true light that enlightens our lives and the lives of the world. In Jesus we can retrieve a view that goes beyond the eyes of our body. In Jesus we learn to see with the heart and mind. In Jesus, in light, recovers all its meaning.
Now is the time to go beyond this review and find the time and opportunity to meet personally with Jesus. It is not even read a book can help. In the end, there is a time to be closing the book and enter within to talk with Jesus face to face. To let us heal, to chew their words and lifestyle. To hear us when we ask: "Do you believe in the Son of man?" And respond in a firm voice: "I believe, Lord." And then out into the world to fill the light of Christ.
Reading the holy gospel according to John (9,1.6-9.13-17.34-38):
At that time, passing he saw a man blind from birth. And he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed him in the eyes of the blind and said, 'Go wash in the Pool of Siloam (which means Sent). " He went, washed, and came to view. And the neighbors and that they used to see him begging asked, "Is not he the one who sat down to ask?"
Some said, "The same."
Others said, "It's not him, but he seems."
He replied: "I am."
They brought to the Pharisees the man who was blind. Saturday was the day Jesus made clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees also asked him how he acquired the view.
He replied: "He put mud in your eyes, I washed, and see."
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath."
Other retorted: "How can a sinner do such signs? "
And they were divided. And ask the blind man again: "And you, what do you say of you opened your eyes?"
He replied: "He is a prophet."
replied, "You were born Empecatado from head to toe, what we're going to give lessons to us? "
and expelled him.
Jesus heard that they had expelled, found him and said, 'Do you believe in the Son of man? "
He replied: "Who is he, sir, to believe in him?"
Jesus said, "You're watching: the one you're talking about, that is."
He said: "I believe Lord. "and he worshiped him.
Word of the Lord
2. COMMENT.
on Sunday of Lent IV. The last three Sundays of Lent have a baptismal content: Last Sunday, Jesus Christ appeared in the Gospel of the Samaritan as the living water, in this Sunday presents as the Light, the last Sunday of Lent appear as Life.
We remember our baptism and we are invited to live: water, which removes the original sin, the light, which is the presence of Christ, and that parents are "to you parents and sponsors are entrusted with increasing this light "- the priest tells them when they get a candle from the paschal candle -, the New Life that connects the sacrament of divine life, being children of God. Live the sacrament of baptism is to live the transforming encounter with the person of Jesus Christ and bear witness to him in the circumstances of our lives.
The readings for this Sunday, the second and the Gospel speak of light and darkness, blindness and vision. Reading First, in this sense, comes to say, only God looks and sees a man in his being, since the human being sees only appearances ("The eyes of God is not like the look of man, for man sees the appearance but the Lord looks at the heart "). Blindness does not refer only to physical blindness, but the situation in which one can be invaded by sin, darkness and live as if you were blind. Jesus in the Gospel calls the Pharisees "blind guides" because they, believed the wisest and most religious, live forgetting the most important: justice and mercy. Faced with this blindness presents Jesus Christ as the light of the world.
Taking a cue from the first reading, we could say that the Christian's goal is to see as God sees, looking at the heart, the inner life of another. We should be careful because each of us are not objective, justified at all. God sees the heart, the interior, like us, but we look at your criteria.
us are also in need of light, the light of Christ, because there are many situations in which we control our blindness, our blindness, stubbornness, obstinacy ... On the religious level you just have to look at ourselves to see how we have passed laws, but not love; how we have transmitted our traditions, but without the spirit that animates ... to the point that most Christian denominations have put aside personal relationship with Jesus, which is shaped and shapes the human personality and Christian have left out the sacraments, in which one finds community, the Church and grow from grace in the relationship with God have left aside the compromise, which express a particular what he believes and what it holds ... we find Christians who have left the church, their criteria, your message ... do not feel belonging to it. What would we say of a patient who leaves his medication and the hospital? Walking to his death.
The situation is such that many Christians, would have to "put to soak, as the chickpeas to make a good stew, ie put them in situations to soften and can be soaked God, bring them into connection with God ... to arrive to fill the criteria, feelings and behavior of Christ. Being Christian is not to be so good one would think (being good, have good feelings ... is insufficient), must be shaped by God and the Church.
The gospel text tells of a personal encounter with the man born blind person of Jesus Christ. Of blindness to confession end of faith: "Lord, I believe, is a process in which we highlight the following steps:
1 .- Their situation is not due to any sin. We used to think that God commands us to evil. " Rather, the text says, his blindness is the occasion to manifest God's mercy.
2 .- Jesus, making mud, we cure blindness. The blind, in principle, subject patient (rather joyful) of healing - salvation by God.
3 .- Reactions of the people:
admiration of neighbors.
Unbelief of the Pharisees, as if Christ came from God would keep the Sabbath.
Fear of parents if they were expelled from the temple.
4 .- Confession of blind faith and testimony: On the question of the Pharisees, "What's that you say you opened your eyes?", He replies that he is a prophet. When asked Jesus: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?", He replied: "I believe, Lord."
could apply this text and this process ourselves,
a. - Our sinful human condition and is not a punishment from God. It's the 'human condition', which has been doing "our being" in cooperation with our freedom. Being a Christian is necessarily, for the recognition of the situation itself. How difficult conceiving sinners! What necessary that blind! How essential ourselves in need of God and salvation! B.
- We meet Christ in the sacrament of baptism. We move from darkness to light. We removed the original sin and made us children of God. In fact we are already saved, but such is the level of "degradation" to which we have submitted this sacrament is as if (it is just an example) we were recipients of a great heritage and we had no news and unaware. We must recover from our daily existence, we are children of God.
c. - We are called to live as children of God with others (neighbors, Pharisees, family ...) regardless of their reactions ... Today reactions to the Church and religion are not very positive, in the great subject that is life, we have relegated to a "Mary." D.
- We are called to bear witness to our faith in these circumstances. What have you done as a Christian (a) in your life? Remove processions and religious ceremonies assists to ... Do you have served as something of religion for life? If you do not find answers, we must return to the hospital, will have to be soaked, God will have to soak.
Therefore, this meeting we start with Jesus in Baptism we have to feed so you can continue to develop: What have we done to continue to grow in our relationship with Jesus? We have invested everything (time, money, sacrifice, work ...) and all but in our religion.
As St. Paul in the second reading: "For you were once darkness. Now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (all goodness, righteousness and truth are the fruit of light), looking for what pleases the Lord ... "
May the light of Christ illuminates our darkness and help us be a light to others!
Sources: Divine Illumination
Joseph A. Pagola
Pedro Crespo Arias Fernando Torres Perez
CMF. Angel
Corbalán
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