See to believe!
Liturgy of march 15 - IV Sunday of Lenten
John, in the passage from his Gospel we’re going to listen to Sunday March 15, (John 9, 1- 41), wants us to understand that for Jesus the supernatural gift of faith is more important than the gift of the sight He gave to the poor born blind man He met in the Temple of Jerusalem.
This is clearly evident from the fact that while physical healing, in John's passage, occupies just two of the 41 verses, the others are all dedicated to the drama between the light of faith that slowly makes its way into the heart of the humble man miraculously healed by Jesus and the darkness of disbelief that grows ever thicker in the hearts of the arrogant Pharisees who, more than anyone else, due to their knowledge of the Scriptures, should have recognized in Jesus the Messiah announced by the Prophets.
Dear brothers and sisters, it is precisely by accepting or refusing the faith in Jesus that every man and woman who comes into this world will decide the outcome of their future in time and eternity.
From this dramatic battle between the light of faith and the darkness of pride arises the important mission that Jesus entrusts to us Christians: to be a sign in the world of the beauty and unheard purity of God's love for every creature. Indeed, precisely through faith, as Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis remind us, the Holy Spirit enables us to hear, see, and, in some way, touch the presence and saving power of our sweetest and most tender Heavenly Father .