The Man Born Blind

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 6 March 2005

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Blindness is a great Biblical symbol of spiritual blindness, the darkening and distortion of our vision. Jesus salves and washes the blind man in John's Gospel in order to restore his sight. In the same way, he washes us (in Baptism) and salves us (in the other sacraments) so that we might see with his eyes.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:04.6	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:11.0	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:15.5	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.8	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:22.8	love about the one who is love.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parishing, Winnetka, now presents
0:31.1	the Word on fire.
0:33.3	Peace be with you.
0:35.4	Friends today, we talk about one of the great stories in the Gospel of John, the story
0:41.0	of the man born blind.
0:43.4	Last week, we looked at the woman at the well.
0:46.8	Next week, we'll look at the raising of Lazarus.
0:49.8	Right here in the middle of Lent, the church gives us three of the most magnificent readings
0:55.2	in the New Testament.
0:57.1	These great narratives taken from John's Gospel that are full of great characters, great
1:01.8	dialogue, and very powerful spiritual insight.
1:06.7	They're all about who is Jesus Christ.
1:12.3	What does he mean?
1:13.9	How does he affect us?
1:16.1	We saw last week with the woman at the well, this woman caught in the rhythm of errant
1:21.6	desire.
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