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March 15, 2026
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Laetare Sunday
15 de marzo de 2026
Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma
Laetare Domingo
“I came into this world for judgment,
so that those who do not see might see,
and those who do see might become blind.”
“Vine a este mundo para juicio,
para que los que no ven, vean,
y los que ven, se queden ciegos.”
Reflexión sobre las lecturas dominicales del P. Luis y el P. Raj
Reflection on Sunday Readings by Fr. Luis and Fr. Raj
CUARTO DOMINGO DE CUARESMA 2026
Mis queridos hermanos y hermanas, las lecturas de este domingo nos invitan a reflexionar sobre las apariencias, sobre dejarnos guiar por la luz de Dios y sobre la enfermedad como una oportunidad para que se manifieste en nosotros la Misericordia de Dios.
Dios conoce profundamente a los seres humanos porque los ve de una manera diferente a la nuestra; nos conoce desde dentro, mientras que nosotros solo podemos observar las apariencias y las circunstancias que rodean un hecho o una persona, sin conocer sus verdaderas motivaciones. Como no podemos ver más allá de los hechos o de las apariencias, muchas veces nos equivocamos en nuestros juicios. En la primera lectura, tomada del Primer Libro de Samuel, el profeta es enviado por Dios a ungir a un nuevo rey para el pueblo de Israel, porque el rey Saúl había sido rechazado por Dios debido a sus múltiples pecados contra Dios y contra el pueblo que el Señor le había confiado. Cuando Samuel llega a la casa de Jesé, se deja llevar por las apariencias y piensa que el elegido será el hijo mayor o el de mejor aspecto físico. Dios le dice que no se confunda, ya que «Dios no ve como los seres humanos, que miran las apariencias, sino que Dios mira el corazón».
Algo parecido sucede en el Evangelio, cuando un ciego de nacimiento pasó cerca de Jesús y sus discípulos se preguntaron quién había pecado, si él o sus padres. Veían en el ciego solo la consecuencia de un pecado y no a un ser humano abrumado por una enfermedad de la que él no era culpable. Por su parte, Jesús, que se presenta como la luz del mundo, ve en el ciego una oportunidad para manifestar el amor compasivo de Dios, devolviéndole su dignidad como hijo de Dios y su capacidad de ver. En la época de Jesús se pensaba que la enfermedad era consecuencia del pecado, por lo tanto se veía como un castigo de Dios. Esa es la razón por la que los discípulos de Jesús preguntan si esa ceguera es consecuencia del pecado del ciego o de sus padres. Te pregunto: ¿alguna vez te has enfermado? ¿Crees que tu enfermedad es un castigo de Dios o una consecuencia de tus malos hábitos?
San Pablo les recuerda en su carta a los efesios que antes eran tinieblas, pero que ahora, al unirse a Cristo, se han convertido en luz y están llamados a vivir como hijos de la luz, produciendo frutos como la bondad, la santidad y la verdad. Estas recomendaciones también nos conciernen a nosotros, que estamos llamados a buscar siempre la luz en nuestras vidas y a dejarnos guiar por el Espíritu Santo.
Pidamos a Jesús que nos ayude a no quedarnos en la superficialidad de la vida y que nos guíe con su luz a lo más profundo de nuestra existencia para saber juzgar las realidades del mundo conforme a su voluntad y no según nuestros limitados criterios humanos. Que él nos dé la gracia de ver nuestras enfermedades como oportunidades para experimentar su misericordia y confesar nuestra fe en él como lo hizo el ciego. Amén.
P. Luis Segura M.S.C.
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2026
My dear brothers and sisters, this Sunday's readings invite us to reflect on appearances, on allowing ourselves to be guided by God's light, and on illness as an opportunity for God's Mercy to be revealed in us.
God knows human beings intimately because He sees them differently than we do; He knows us from within, while we can only observe appearances and the circumstances surrounding an event or a person, without knowing their true motivations. Because we cannot see beyond the facts or appearances, we often err in our judgments. In the first reading, taken from the First Book of Samuel, the prophet is sent by God to anoint a new king for the people of Israel, because King Saul had been rejected by God due to his many sins against God and against the people the Lord had entrusted to him. When Samuel arrives at Jesse's house, he is swayed by appearances and thinks the chosen one will be the eldest son or the one with the best physical appearance. God tells him not to be mistaken, since "God does not look at the outward appearance as humans do, but God looks at the heart."
Something similar happens in the Gospel, when a man born blind passed by Jesus and his disciples wondered who had sinned, him or his parents. They saw in the blind man only the consequence of sin and not a human being burdened by an illness for which he was not responsible. For his part, Jesus, who presents himself as the light of the world, sees in the blind man an opportunity to manifest God's compassionate love, restoring his dignity as a child of God and his ability to see. In Jesus' time, illness was thought to be a consequence of sin, and therefore seen as a punishment from God. That is why Jesus' disciples ask if this blindness is a consequence of the blind man's sin or that of his parents. I ask you: Have you ever been sick? Do you believe your illness is a punishment from God or a consequence of your bad habits?
In his letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul reminds them that they were once darkness, but now, in union with Christ, they have become light and are called to live as children of light, bearing fruit such as goodness, holiness, and truth. These recommendations also apply to us, who are called to always seek the light in our lives and to allow ourselves to be guided by the Holy Spirit.
Let us ask Jesus to help us not to remain in the superficiality of life and to guide us with his light to the depths of our existence so that we may judge the realities of the world according to his will and not according to our limited human criteria. May he grant us the grace to see our illnesses as opportunities to experience his mercy and to profess our faith in him as the blind man did. Amen.
Fr. Luis Segura M.S.C.
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Jesus Enlightens Our Minds…
At the center of the liturgy of this fourth Sunday of Lent there is the theme of light. The Gospel (cf. Jn 9:1-41) recounts the episode of the man blind from birth, to whom Jesus gives sight. This miraculous sign confirms Jesus’ affirmation that “I am the light of the world” (v. 5), the light that brightens our darkness. Jesus is thus. He operates illumination on two levels: a physical level and a spiritual level: the blind person first receives the sight of the eyes and then is led to faith in the “Son of Man” (v. 35), that is, in Jesus. It is all a journey. Today it would be good if you were all to take a copy of the Gospel according to John, chapter nine, and read this passage: it is so good and it will do us good to read it once or twice more. The wonders that Jesus performs are not spectacular gestures, but have the purpose of leading to faith through a journey of inner transformation.
The doctors of the law - who were there in a group - persist in not admitting the miracle, and ask the healed man insidious questions. But he disconcerts them with the power of reality: “One thing I do know. I was blind and now I see” (v. 25). Amidst the distrust and hostility of those who surround him and interrogate him, incredulous, he takes a route that leads him to gradually discover the identity of the One who opened his eyes and to confess his faith in Him. At first, he considers Him a prophet (cf. v. 17); then he recognizes Him as one Who comes from God (cf. v. 33); finally, he welcomes Him as
the Messiah and prostrates himself before Him (cf. vv. 36-38). He understood that by giving him sight Jesus displayed “the works of God” (cf. v. 3).
May we too have this experience! With the light of faith, he who was blind discovers his new identity. He is now a “new creature”, able to see his life and the world around him in a new light, because he has entered into communion with Christ, he has entered into another dimension. He is no longer a beggar marginalized by the community; he is no longer a slave to blindness and prejudice. His path of enlightenment is a metaphor for the path of liberation from sin to which we are called. Sin is like a dark veil that covers our face and prevents us from clearly seeing ourselves and the world; the Lord’s
forgiveness takes away this blanket of shadow and darkness and gives us new light. The Lenten period that we are living is an opportune and valuable time to approach the Lord, asking for His mercy, in the different forms that Mother Church proposes to us.
The healed blind man, who now sees both with the eyes of the body and with those of the soul, is the image of every baptized person, who immersed in Grace has been pulled out of the darkness and placed in the light of faith. But it is not enough to receive the light, one must become light. Each one of us is called to receive the divine light in order to manifest it with our whole life. The seed of new life placed in us in Baptism is like the spark of a fire, which first of all purifies us, burning the evil in our hearts, and allows us to shine and illuminate. With the light of Jesus.
May Mary Most Holy help us to imitate the blind man of the Gospel, so that we can be flooded with the light of Christ and set out with Him on the way of salvation.
Rev. Rajesh Peter M.S.C.
4th Sunday of Lent 2026 – Cycle A
My friends, today, the Fourth Sunday of Lent is also known as Laetare Sunday. Laetare is Latin for “Rejoice.” The vestments and liturgical decorations for today are the color pink to signify rejoicing. The Readings continue to be from Cycle A as part of the preparation for those who will be baptized and welcomed into our Church at our Easter Vigil, which is a beautiful, heart-warming Liturgy. The predominant symbol for the Easter Vigil is the same as today's Liturgy – Light.
The Easter Vigil begins outdoors, at nightfall. There is no one yet in the church building. A new fire is lit outdoors and it is blessed; the Easter Candle is lit from the new fire. Then there is a procession to the church with everyone following the Easter Candle. When everyone is in the dark church, we hear the very first words of Easter: “The Light of Christ.” The First Reading at the Easter Vigil tells us that the first thing created by God is Light: “Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light.” (Genesis 1, verse 3)
My friends, Jesus used the metaphor of Light throughout his ministry. Like when he said to his disciples: “You are the Light of the World. Just as a lamp on a lampstand gives light to the whole house, so must your light shine before others.”
In today’s Second Reading, St. Paul tells us: “Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness.”
Our Gospel today contains all the stages of faith development: Going from the man not knowing Jesus at all to his knowing Jesus and then to his worshiping Jesus as Lord. As with the Gospel last week and the Samaritan Woman, the Man Born Blind is also about Evangelization. Some Church scholars have referred to today’s Gospel as the very first OCIA program – in miniature. (Recall that John the Evangelist wrote and taught in a “spiraling” manner.) Today’s Gospel began with Jesus giving the Man Born Blind physical sight and, at the end, the man was given the Light of Faith.
Listen to how this man’s faith grew with each challenge:
After Jesus washed his eyes, the Pharisees asked, "Where is Jesus?" He replied, "I do not know. He washed my eyes and now I can see."
When the Pharisees said that Jesus could not be from God because he broke the LAW and healed on the Sabbath, they asked the man what he had to say about Jesus. The man replied, "He is a prophet."
So – at first, the man said about Jesus, "I don’t know." Now he says Jesus is a Prophet.
When the Pharisees asked his parents about the situation, they replied, "Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself." (Note that when children are baptized, their parents and godparents speak for their child. When adults are baptized, they speak for themselves.)
When the man born blind was further challenged by the Pharisees, he spoke up against the Pharisees saying, "This man must be from God because God does not listen to sinners.” Then the man said, “Why ? do you want to become his disciples too ?" So now the Man Born Blind is calling himself a disciple of Jesus and is standing up for his faith in Jesus
He’s grown from “I don’t know.” to “He is a Prophet.” to calling himself a disciple of Jesus…
Finally, in the man's 5th stage of growth, after being persecuted and thrown out of the synagogue for his belief in Jesus, Jesus found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
The Man Born Blind said, “I do believe, Lord” – and he worshiped him.
And so it is with us and our faith, my friends. For most people, it’s usually a slow and steady growth, perhaps with a few bumps along the way. Then, someone said something or did something that helps us find Christ Jesus. It is then that we are able to see the world through the eyes of Christ. The Light of Christ clears our vision and allows us to see that everyone is a beloved child of God.
And there we are, evangelists like the Samaritan Woman and the Man Born Blind.
Now, people look to us to hear what we say and see what we do because they recognize us as Disciples of Christ.
“Before you speak of peace, you must first have it in your heart.” –Francis of Assisi
“Antes de hablar de paz, primero debes tenerla en tu corazón”. –Francisco de Asís
