Our Lenten Journey with John:

A Journey from Night to Noon to Sight to Life.

Lent 2: Nicodemus in the night (John 3)

Lent 3: The Samaritan woman at the well (John 4)

Lent 4: The man born blind (John 9)

Lent 5: The raising of Lazarus (John 11)

The pairing of Samuel anointing David and the healing of the man born blind in John’s gospel is especially fitting for Laetare Sunday, our mid‑Lent moment of rejoicing. Samuel learns that God’s vision is not our vision. The man born blind regains his sight and slowly grows in understanding.

These readings remind us that God is already shaping what we cannot yet perceive. Our rejoicing comes not from completion, but from trust in God’s unfolding work. And on Laetare Sunday, we rejoice not because we have arrived, but because God is at work in what we cannot yet see.

Looking forward to Sunday, when pink is not only allowed but encouraged.

Father Karl