A Latin spiritual journey with discerning hearts, from ashes to glory.

Day 26, from darkness to sight, mercy that heals.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John, chapter 9, verses 1 through 7, 13 through 17, and 34 through 38.

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him,

Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

Jesus answered, neither he nor his parents sinned.

It is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.

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 scent. So he went and washed, and came back able to

see. As we enter this fourth Sunday of Lent, often called Lattery Sunday, the church invites us to rejoice,

not because the journey is easy, but because hope is dawning.

The gospel of the man born blind is more than a healing story.

It's a story of awakening, of conversion, and of growing clarity. It mirrors our own spiritual

journey through Lent, from darkness to light, from blindness to vision, from confusion to deeper

faith. Jesus sees the man born blind and heals him, not because of sin, but so that the works of God

might be revealed. This is an invitation for us to reflect on the wounds, limitations, or

struggles in our own lives that God desires to touch, not as punishment, but as places where

his mercy can be made visible.

The man didn't ask to be healed.

Jesus took the initiative.

That is mercy.

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