Spiritual blindness is a condition where an individual cannot see
the presence of God or unable to understand His message. This condition will
lead the person to judge other people or circumstances only based on what he
can see physically.
In the Book of Wisdom 2:1-22,
some people have this tendency. They were planning to put a righteous man to
death, even though that man lived among them. Pride and envy have darkened
their eyes so that they cannot see something good. Their sin and wickedness
have blinded them. This passage gives us a preview of the passion of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
The same attitude can be found
in the Gospel of John 7:1-30. The people of Galilee seemed to know about Jesus
origin. However, they failed to see that he is from God and leads them to God,
the Father. They cannot see Jesus on a deeper level, even though, in reality,
the Son of God is with them. He is the Emmanuel, God is with us. Their eyes
were being blinded by envy and hostility.
Reflect upon these two readings, we often judge people based on their appearances, yet fail to see
something more profound inside of them. We need to see everything at a deeper
level as we do not know if God is using those people (or situations) to show
his face and light. We need to be aware of something that seems less
valuable.
In this Lenten season, we are dealing with
coronavirus, which has been disturbing our normal activities, killing innocent
people, devastating global economy, and giving headache to the governments all
over the world. However, in great faith, let us see this situation in a deeper
and profound level. Let us always remember that in whatever circumstances and
conditions of life, God is there with us; he never leaves us alone in this
journey. While the world is losing hope, it is our task as God's people,
to strengthen our faith and relationship with Jesus Christ, our Lord, more than
ever. In other words, let us strengthen our spiritual awareness.
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