St. Peter Catholic Church
  • Home
  • From The Pastor
  • Online Streaming
    • Mass Archives
  • Parish Info
    • Welcome
    • Mass & Reconciliation
    • Sacramental Information
    • Register With Parish
    • RESOURCES
    • Parish Team
    • Photo Gallery
  • Education
    • OCIA
    • Guardian Angel
    • Religious Education >
      • RE Registration
      • RE Online Payment
      • Sacrament Information
    • Vacation Bible School
    • Catholic Education
    • SCRIP
  • Ministry
    • YOUTH MINISTRY
    • Ministry Schedule
    • CAMPUS MINISTRY
    • Music Ministries
  • News
    • Parishioner News
    • USCCB
    • Weekly Bulletin
    • Weekly Calendar
    • Monthly Look
    • Upcoming Events
    • St Peter Columbarium
  • Stewardship
    • Online Giving
    • Opportunities
  • New Page

4th Sunday of Lent 3/22/2020

3/20/2020

2 Comments

 
Dear Friends in Christ,
                                                                      Are We Also Blind?
The entire chapter 9 of John's Gospel is devoted to the account of Jesus' cure of the man born blind. This singular focus of the chapter signifies the importance of the subject addressed, Christ; the divine Light overcomes the darkness of sin. The sacrament of baptism accurately embodies this act. It is for this reason that "enlightenment" is another name given to baptism in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
To see in the spiritual sense, it is Christ who will give us Light (Eph. 5:14). We need his Light now more than ever because we have a form of darkness that looms over our lives, the gloom called Covid-19. A plague that has suddenly turn our world into chaos and uncertainty. It is spreading the darkness of fear, illness, and death that is rocking every facet of life. We need Christ's Light. We need to be able to see through this darkness. We need a perception, a divine perception. Like Samuel, we tend to see with human eyes, not with divine eyes, but "Not as man sees does God sees" (1 Sam 16).
Like some of the Pharisees in today's Gospel, we ask Jesus, like the man born blind, "Are we also blind?" (Jn 9:40). Yes, we should humbly admit that we are blind, but we should also be confident to say that we have encountered Jesus Christ, the Light of the world. If we believe and follow Jesus in this time of the darkness of the unknown, we will have the Light of life.
Despite the blindness we experience now, despite the pains and sufferings that follow, the Light of faith is a source of joy. On this Sunday, traditionally called Laetare Sunday, we find a reason to rejoice because Jesus the Light will cure our blindness. Let's invite that Light in continuous prayers, fasting, and compassion for our neighbors. And let's stay safe by doing the right thing.

In Christ, the Light,
Fr. Bernard Oniwe, OP
Picture
2 Comments
Ann E Norment
3/26/2020 02:08:07 pm

Thank you Father for streaming the Mass. May this isolation fan the flames of our faith so that we will appreciate more the wonderful gift we have in the Mass and Holy Communion.

Reply
Dylan W link
7/27/2022 07:05:24 am

Thanks for sharing thiis

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    June 2025
    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Parish Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

9:00am - 4:00pm

Fridays: Closed



Address

Mailing Address:  
1840 Marshall Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17
022

GPS Address:
904 Mill Road
Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Contact Us

Phone: 717-367-1255
Fax: 717-367-1270

Email: [email protected]



© St. Peter Catholic Church. 2019. All Rights Reserved.
  • Home
  • From The Pastor
  • Online Streaming
    • Mass Archives
  • Parish Info
    • Welcome
    • Mass & Reconciliation
    • Sacramental Information
    • Register With Parish
    • RESOURCES
    • Parish Team
    • Photo Gallery
  • Education
    • OCIA
    • Guardian Angel
    • Religious Education >
      • RE Registration
      • RE Online Payment
      • Sacrament Information
    • Vacation Bible School
    • Catholic Education
    • SCRIP
  • Ministry
    • YOUTH MINISTRY
    • Ministry Schedule
    • CAMPUS MINISTRY
    • Music Ministries
  • News
    • Parishioner News
    • USCCB
    • Weekly Bulletin
    • Weekly Calendar
    • Monthly Look
    • Upcoming Events
    • St Peter Columbarium
  • Stewardship
    • Online Giving
    • Opportunities
  • New Page