Blind by birth, blind by choice
The Daredevil was a blind man working at day as a civil rights lawyer. But at night he was fighting villains as a superhero. One morning while crossing the street with his fiancé, he suddenly pulled her back to the pavement when the passing truck almost hit her. She did not see the oncoming vehicle which the daredevil sensed despite his blindness.
We could be like this many times. We can see what is only visible to our eyes but do not see all the rest that is invisible. However, most of the important things in life are not seen with human eyes. In the book written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the wolf advised the Little Prince that what is essential is invisible to the eyes.
The blind at times can see more that those with normal eyes. Such was the case in the gospel today. The blind man cured by Jesus was blind at birth. But the Pharisees were also blind by their own choice. While the blind man saw in Jesus the Savior, instead they saw in Jesus a religious rebel. In fact, their blindness persisted even after Christ died. When Jesus finally rose from the dead, they made up the fake news that His body was stolen by the apostles at night while the guards were asleep. They also bribed the soldiers at watch to support the story. In front of the blinding truth their eyes remained closed.
God sees also the invisible while men only the visible. That was Samuel’s observation in the first reading. 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a He said, “Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance, but the LORD looks into the heart.”
Thus St. Paul exhorted those from Ephesus to wake from their sleep and rise from the dark. Eph 5:8-14 “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead. You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.”
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