What Are You Looking For?

Fourth Sunday of Lent (A)

Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” – John 1:38

“I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.” – John 4:35

“Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” – Matthew 13:17

Seeing is believing – or so the saying goes. But is it so?

In the ninth chapter of John’s Gospel, we are presented with a story of Jesus healing a blind man, and its aftermath. Many witnessed the healing, or at least its result. Yet, many did not believe, for various reasons. How can this be? Continue reading “What Are You Looking For?”