Gospel Reading: John 9:1-7
Jesus, Giver of Sight to the blind, help us to see.
Help us to comprehend the massive damage that sin does to individual lives, families, communities, political structures, and the entire planet.
Help us not to treat sin lightly. Help us not to assume that our sins are of no significance and that they do not damage or disfigure our lives, or the lives of others around us. Help us to tell the truth about our sins and allow your Spirit to transform our lives.
Help us not to assume that all who suffer do so because of their own choices, or the choices of others who are near or dear to them. Help us not to assume we know the truth of those who suffer, so that we do not provide misguided diagnosis and counsel to them, as Job's friends did. But help us be willing to sit with them through their pain. Help us to be willing to wait for your touch and your healing command with them.
We know that You are able to bring healing that shatters our expectations. And we know that You endured the night "when no one can work," and, by God's power, emerged into the light as Light, again. Enable us to walk in the light of your presence and shine your light into the world through acts of justice and love. Amen.
Amen
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