Christ is Born!
Number one…or number two? Number three…or number four? Is this clearer…or is this?
This little song and dance should sound familiar to any of us who do not have perfect vision and need to have our eyesight checked to see if our glasses prescription has changed. Sitting in the chair the lenses are looked through, rotated and flipped and slowly but surely your view of the world becomes clearer.
The blind man at Bethsaida experienced something similar in our gospel passage today. His vision comes back to him by degrees. First he sees a shapes which resemble trees, which he knows are actually people, then his vision is restored fully by our Lord.
Just as the blind man’s vision is restored by degrees, so is the “vision of our hearts” meant to get clearer as our discipleship matures. As our relationship with Christ becomes deeper, our relationships with others become more real, honest and authentic, we begin to see the world for the sacrament it is and our fellow human beings in all the glory they have as being made in the Image and Likeness of God.
How are your eyes doing? Do people appear to you as traffic cones to be avoided or as the beautiful Bride of Christ? Ask the Lord to purify the eyes of your heart!
Christ is Born!
