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In Baptism we die to sin’s power over us, rising as children of God.

The man born blind gradually comes to a greater understanding about who Jesus is and what it means to be his disciple, while the Pharisees (those who should see) are the ones who remain blind.

The conversion of the Samaritan townspeople is a foretaste of the kind of open community that will be created among those who believe that Jesus is the Messiah.

For the second Sunday of Lent, we move from Jesus’ retreat to the desert to his Transfiguration.

God’s word alone will suffice; God’s promise of protection can be trusted; God alone is God.

The written scriptures and their interpretation in tradition are surpassed by Jesus whose life and teaching are the definitive revelation of the will of God.

When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, console those who mourn, and so on, we show ourselves to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

Our vocation as Christians is not to be first in this world, but rather to be first in the eyes of God.

In Jesus’ ministry, we already begin to see the Kingdom of God among us.