READINGS:
1 R : 1 Sam 16 : 1b, 6 - 7, 10 -13a.
Ps 22 : 1 - 3a, 3b - 4, 5, 6.
2 R Eph 5 : 8 - 14.
Gos : Jn 9 : 1 - 41.
THE CENTRAL THEME OF TODAY'S READINGS IS TO ACCEPT JESUS AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND TO DEVELOP " FAITH INSIGHT "
THE FIRST READING MAKES IT AMPLY CLEAR THAT GOD SEES THE HEART AND MAN SEES THE EXTERNAL QUALITIES.
THE EXAMPLE CITED IS THE SELECTION OF DAVID AS THE KING OF ISRAEL.
IN THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM WE ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AS THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
IN THE SECOND READING, PAUL ADVISES ALL TO AWAKE FROM THE SLEEP AND LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE RISEN LORD.
THE GOSPEL IS A LONG COMMENTARY WHERE WE HAVE THE ' SIGN ' OF THE BLIND MAN RECEIVING NOT ONLY BODILY SIGHT BUT ALSO THE SIGHT OF FAITH. BY THIS LATTER SIGHT HE IS ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS AS CHRIST / SON OF OF GOD.
THE SAD PART IS THAT THE EXPERTS AND THOSE WHO CLAIMED TO ' SEE ' FAIL TO RECOGNISE JESUS AS THE MESSIAH.
THE QUESTION TO BE PONDERED FOR REGFLECTION IS :
HAVE I TAKEN PAINS TO CULTIVATE AN INSIGHT OF FAITH ?
