God opens our eyes to see things differently when we engage in relationship with Him--namely, the way He sees things, deep within a person. He helps us see beyond the externals, as Samuel could only see the externals, but could not see within each of Jesse's sons what God saw as the person He had chosen one to be King of Israel.
Jesus heals a blind man, which immediately causes a stir, and controversy, because the Pharisees and certain others are unable to embrace God's powerful presence among them, being blinded by their own ideas of God and how He is supposed to manifest Himself. Throughout the fallout from the miracle, which is the lion's share of the Gospel reading, the man once blind gains greater and greater spiritual sight to see that Jesus is the Messiah, and He worships Him at the end of the passage.
God's call to us is to turn away from sin (like the words pronounced when receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday), and rise up into the light of Christ, so we can see with the spiritual insight of the eyes of God.
Let us rejoice on this Sunday of rejoicing, as God's light overflows around us, His people, to see what He sees.
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