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4th Sunday of Lent 2026

1 Samuel 16: 1, 6-7, 10-13  

Ephesians 5: 8-14  

John 9:1-41

When Jesus went down into the muddy waters of the Jordan to be baptised by John, He made a conscious choice to identify with all of us as truly human, sharing our faults, though He had none and giving us the promise of New Life when we would receive the same Baptism.  During these Sundays of Lent we are reminded of the elements of our Baptism as we prepare to renew our Baptismal commitment.  Last Sunday the story of ‘The woman at the Well’ illustrated for us the significance of Water as a sign of new life.  In our Gospel reading today the element Light which we receive at Baptism is described in the miraculous healing of the ‘Man born Blind’.

In both of these Gospel stories it is Jesus, himself who makes the initial contact with the two people.  It is Jesus who being human, was thirsty and seeking water and then uses his own spittle to anoint the eyes of the blind man.  This is a real man, a real human being. He understands us and we can identify with Him! But their enlightenment was not instant; the woman had to engage with a little debate and banter before she recognised Jesus as ‘a prophet’ and the blind man had to go and wash in the Pool of Siloam before he could declare ‘He is a prophet’.

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