First Reading 1 Samuel 16:1b,6-7,10-13a
Samuel is sent to anoint David as king.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 23:1-6
The Lord is our shepherd.
Second Reading Ephesians 5:8-14
The Ephesians are told to live as children of light.
Gospel Reading
John 9:1-41 (shorter form: John 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38)
God’s ways of seeing are not our ways, we hear in today’s First Reading. Jesus illustrates this in the Gospel - as the blind man comes to see and the Pharisees are made blind. The blind man stands for all humanity. “Born totally in sin” he is made a new creation by the saving power of Christ. As God breathed the spirit of life into the first man, the blind man is not healed until he washes in the waters of Siloam, a name that means “Sent.” Jesus is the new source of life-giving water - the Holy Spirit who rushes upon us in Baptism (see John 4:10; 7:38-39). In the restful waters of Baptism He has refreshed our souls. He has anointed our heads with the oil of Confirmation and spread the Eucharistic table before us, filling our cups to overflowing. With the once-blind man we enter His house to give God the praise, to renew our vow : “I do believe, Lord.”
January 29 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time : Commandments of Love
January 22 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time : Light shines in darkness
January 15 - Second Sunday of the Ordinary Time: Pointing Christ out to others
January 8 - The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord: The Star of Wonder
January 1 – Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God: The mind of Christ
December 25 - Christmas Day: God had visited us
December 18 - Fourth Sunday in Advent: Joseph, the just man
December 11 - Third Sunday of Advent: Rejoice
November 4 - Second Sunday in Advent : A voice crying in the wilderness
November 27 - First Sunday in Advent : Be awake and be Prepared
November 20 - The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Cycle C - Thy kingdom come!
November 13 - Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus left the Temple and departed from it
November 6 – Thirty second Sunday in Ordinary Time : Heaven is our Home
October 30 – Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time : Zacchaeus’Transformation
October 23 -Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time : The Prayer of the Humble Man
October 16 - Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time : Persistent Widow
October 9 – Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time : Give thanks with a grateful heart
October 2 - TwentySeventh Sunday in Ordinary Time : Faith as a mustered seed
September 25 – Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time : Who is the Lazarus in my life?
September 18: Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time -The parable of the Unjust Steward
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