Today, the fourth Sunday of Lent, the church offers the passage from St. John about the man born blind. It is here that the Lord begins to speak about himself as being the Light of the World, and that the apostles too are the light of the world when united to him.

The apostles tell Jesus about this man, stumbling around, not able to advance, and thinking it was a generational problem. His father or grandfather must have been pretty bad, so he inherited this moral evil now in form of blindness.

John quotes Jesus in front of the apostles asking about the blind man:

‘As long as the day lasts

I must carry out the work of the one who sent me;

the night will soon be here when no one can work.

As long as I am in the world

I am the light of the world.’ (John 9, 2)

The meditation was preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft centre, March 19, 2023.

Music: Bert Alink, Tears keep Flowing, guitar arrangement, 2015.