GOD’S WORD

4th Sunday of Lent Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 1st Reading: 1 S 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a 2nd Reading: Eph 5:8-14 Gospel: Jn 9:1-41

REFLECTION:

Read: Yahweh chooses David to succeed Saul, who did not live up to his vocation. Paul invites all to live up to their status as children of God, by producing fruits of light. The man born blind receives both physical and spiritual light whereas the priests and Pharisees who claimed to be God’s men fail to accept the light of Christ.

Reflect: It is possible to be chosen by God once only to be rejected by Him later. Saul, and the priests and the Pharisees are a case in point. Is God unfaithful and wrong to do so? The truth of the matter is: it is not God’s doing; but ours. We fail God’s call by our stubbornness of heart. We fall away from God’s light and truth by our selfish agenda. Like the fall of the angels.

Pray: Pray for the gift of faithfulness and perseverance in faith.

Act: Recite the Profession of Faith.