READINGS AT MASS
1 Sam. 16:1, 6-7, 10-13
Psalm 23
Eph. 5:8-14
John 9:1-41
Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...
Jesus and the disciples encountered near the Temple a man who had been blind from birth. The disciples asked the Master, “Who sinned…?” They assumed that the man’s condition must have been the result of some wrongdoing. Surely, they thought, such a terrible situation could only be explained by sin—either his own or that of his parents.
Jesus’ response must have surprised them. He told them that neither the man nor his parents had sinned. The man’s condition was not the consequence of anyone’s wrongdoing. His blindness was not caused by evil or punishment.
Sometimes we just find ourselves in difficult or disadvantaged situations, and there is little or nothing we can do to change them. Yet such circumstances do not necessarily mean that we are bad or that we have done something wrong. Even David was abandoned in the fields and almost forgotten by his own family.
However, we must also understand that some unfortunate situations are, in fact, divine positioning. God can use our most challenging circumstances to reveal His power in us and manifest His glory to the world.
Beloved, God’s glory often shines brightest in our moments of trial. Not every misfortune is the result of sin. During this Lenten season, let us learn to ask a different question: How might God use my present situation to reveal His glory?
PRAYER
Lord, grant me the grace to understand how you wish to
glorify your name in my life this Lenten season. Amen.
May God bless you.
-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre
Sunday, March 15, 2026.
St. Peter Parish, Vakpo.
