We rejoice on this Laetare Sunday because half of Lent 2020 has elapsed, as of last Thursday, March 19.
And we furthermore rejoice because God has come to our world to enlighten us, freeing us from sin that blinds so that we may truly see Him as He is, and ourselves for who we are. Indeed, the man born blind was not in sin, nor were his parents. Rather, as Jesus indicates, God was doing something new in our world, so that physical maladies would be an opportunity for God to do His works in the world.
We are called to open our hearts to God, and remove that which blinds us, open to how God is at work. God sees into our hearts, as He indicates to Samuel when he goes to anoint one of Jesse's sons as the King of Israel. God sees into our hearts, seeing us as those He created, and calls us to the holiness for which He made us. His Spirit rushes upon us to lead us closer to Him, Who Shepherds us into the ways of Eternal Life. And when we cooperate with His Spirit, the works we do are Light, making God visible in our world.
It is this Light that carries us through even dire times as the situation the world is in now, so that we may strive through the difficulties and sorrows to attain to the Resurrection and New Life. And God has shown us a way to Him.
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