Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
When Jesus seeks out the man and receives his profession of faith, he utters the paradox that the sightless see and those who think they see are really in the darkness of sin.
John J. Pilch
The controversy stirred by the blind man’s cure ranges beyond physical blindness to deception and lying. Here is a fruitful area for reflection.
This man, who was actually born blind, was not cured by surgical skill, but by the power of God.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
This Sunday's Gospel account about the man born blind is the showcase example of seeing as a symbol of believing.
Reginald H. Fuller
A multiplicity of themes jostle one another in this dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman.