The Light of the World
3/10/202616 min
Friends, on this Fourth Sunday of Lent, we hear the incomparably rich story of the man born blind, which has beguiled Christians up and down the centuries. We are meant to identify with this man: All of us are born into a world that has been infected by cruelty and violence and hatred. Original sin blinds us; it takes us out of the light. But Christ declares himself “the light of the world”—the one who will heal and illumine the eyes of us all.
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[uplifting music] Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization, using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with Christ and his church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today, we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.
Robert Barron· Host0:39
Peace be with you. Friends, we're now at the fourth Sunday of Lent, and this season we're in the A cycle of readings. That means we got some of the best gospels that, that there are. And Lent, you know, is bringing us through the spiritual basic training, so it's really important for us to pay attention to these. And we're with these marvelous stories. This week, the man born blind, next week, Lazarus, last week, the woman at the well. These great stories from the Gospel of John. We're meant to identify with each of these people, with the woman at the well, the man born blind, then with Lazarus, and they're all talking about the dynamics of the spiritual life. So let me just share a few insights from this incomparably rich story that's beguiled Christians up and down the centuries. I want you to know something now right at the beginning. It says,