Fourth Sunday of Lent
1 Sm 16:1, 6-7 & 10-13; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 (year a)
‘God does not see as man sees; man looks at appearances, but God looks at the heart.” These words, spoken long ago by the prophet Samuel, prefaced the anointing of David as Israel’s king. The onlookers were amazed. David was a mere boy, the youngest, and, to their eyes, qualified only for minding sheep. We are reminded that God does not see as we see, and that his choice was fulfilled when Jesus, riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, was welcomed as a Son of David.
