Fourth Sunday

Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year A

Readings

First: Samuel 16: 1, 6-7, 10-13 - Samuel is sent by the Lord and anoints David King of Israel.

Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd there is nothing I shall want / He guides me along the right path / You have prepared a banquet for me / Surely and kindness shall follow me.

Second: Ephesians 5:8-14 - Wake up from you sleep and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

Gospel: John 9:1-41 - Jesus heals the man born blind.

Themes

Jesus shepherding us from the darkness into light: healing and reconciliation, light.

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Picture: "Healing of the Blind Man," by Carl Bloch (1834–1890), in the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Frederiksborg, Hillerød, Denmark.  Public Domain.