Carmelite homily for Sunday, March 22, 2020 – Lectionary 31 (John 9:1-41)
On this Fourth Sunday of Lent we’re halfway through this season. And Saint John of the Cross writes, “Abide in peace, banish cares, and take no account of all that happens – this serves God, and you will rest in him.” In today’s Gospel there’s a lot of upset: with the man born blind, and his parents, and the Pharisees, and everyone. And all that turmoil even exists today: the political scene, the cultural scene, and the ecclesial scene, and the Covid-19 scene. Let’s make this our life for the second half of Lent: “Abide in peace, banish cares, and take no account of all that happens – this serves God, and you will rest in him.” Let us rest in God.
