The journey from darkness to light, from blindness to sight, is found in all our readings this weekend. Samuel learns that even prophets need to have their eyesight checked. A man born blind comes to sight twice when Jesus lays hands on him. And a community is told that, though they were once darkness, now they are light in the Lord.
We walk in darkness, blind to our own shortcomings and the needs of others. We are called to move from darkness to sight. Jesus lights up our way, curing our blindness and leading us to his kingdom. He desires us to leave our blindness and receive sight. He sees the truth about who we are and asks us to live in that truth. This season of Lent is the perfect time to ask our Lord to help us to move from the comfort of darkness into his wonderful light.
