Responsorial Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside the still waters, he restores my soul.
He guides me through the right paths
for his name's sake.
He restores my soul.
He guides me through the right paths for his name's sake.
Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for you are beside me:
your rod and your staff comfort me.
You spread a table before me in the presence of my foes.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup is overflowing.
Goodness and kindness will follow me
all the days of my life,
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
2nd. READING (Eph 5, 8-14)
You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Behave as children of
light; the fruits of light are kindness, justice and truth in every form. You yourselves
search out what pleases the Lord, and take no part in works of darkness that are of no
benefit; expose them instead. Indeed it is a shame even to speak of what those people
do in secret, but as soon as it is exposed to the light, everything becomes clear. And
what has become clear becomes light. Therefore it is said: "Awake, you who sleep,
arise from the dead that the light of Christ may shine on you."
Gospel
As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples
asked him, "Master, was he born blind because of a sin of his, or of his parents?" Jesus
answered, "Neither was it for his own sin nor for his parents'. He was born blind so
that God's power might be shown in him. While it is day we must do the work of the
One who sent me; for the night will come when no one can work. As long as I am in
the world, I am the light of the world." As Jesus said this, he made paste with spittle
and clay and rubbed it on the eyes of the blind man. Then he said, "Go and wash in
the Pool of Siloam." (This name means sent.) So he went and washed and came back
able to see. His neighbours and all the people who used to see him begging, wondered.
They said, "Isn't this the beggar who used to sit here?" Some said, "It's the one."
Others said, "No, but he looks like him." But the man himself said, "I am the one. The
people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. Now it was a sabbath
day when Jesus made mud paste and opened his eyes. The Pharisees asked him again,
"How did you recover your sight?" And he said, "He put paste on my eyes, and I
washed, and now I see." Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for
he works on the sabbath"; but others wondered, "How can a sinner perform such
miraculous signs?" They were divided and they questioned the blind man again, "What
do you think of this man who opened your eyes?" And he answered, "He is a prophet."
They answered him, "You were born a sinner and now you teach us!" And they
expelled him. Jesus heard that they had expelled him. He found him and said, "Do you
believe in the Son of Man?" He answered, "Who is he, that I may believe in him?"
Jesus said, "You have seen him and he is speaking to you. He said, "Lord, I believe";
and he worshiped him.
