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| "The Blind Man Washes in the Pool of Siloam" -- by James Tissot |
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| "The Healed Blind Man Tells His Story to the Jews" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: 1 Samuel
16: 1, 6 - 7, 10 - 13
1
And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom
I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil,
and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite: for I have
provided me a king among his sons.
6
And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's
anointed before him?
7
And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the
height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge
according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear,
but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
0
Isai therefore brought his seven sons before Samuel: and Samuel said
to Isai: The Lord hath not chosen any one of these.
11
And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There
remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to
Isai: Send, and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come
hither.
12
He sent therefore and brought him Now he was ruddy and beautiful to
behold, and of a comely face. And the Lord said: Arise, and anoint
him, for this is he.
13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that
day forward: and Samuel rose up, and went to Ramatha.
PSALM:
Psalms 23:
1 - 6
1
The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
2
He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the
water of refreshment:
3
He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice,
for his own name's sake.
4
For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have
comforted me.
5
Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me.
Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth
me, how goodly is it!
6
And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may
dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
SECOND
READING: Ephesians
5: 8 - 14
8
For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk
then as children of the light.
9
For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justice, and
truth;
10
Proving what is well pleasing to God:
11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
12
For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to
speak of.
13
But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light; for
all that is made manifest is light.
14
Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead:
and Christ shall enlighten thee.
GOSPEL:
John 9:
1 - 41 OR
John 9:
1, 6 - 9, 13 - 17, 34 - 38
1
And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth:
2
And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his
parents, that he should be born blind?
3
Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but
that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4
I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the
night cometh, when no man can work.
5
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6
When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay
of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,
7
And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted,
Sent. He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing.
8
The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he
was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said:
This is he.
9
But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he.
10
They said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened?
11
He answered: That man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my
eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe, and wash. And I went,
I washed, and I see.
12
And they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not.
13
They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees.
14
Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and opened his
eyes.
15
Again therefore the Pharisees asked him, how he had received his
sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed,
and I see.
16
Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who
keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a
sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17
They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him
that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet.
18
The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind,
and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that
had received his sight,
19
And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind?
How then doth he now see?
20
His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son,
and that he was born blind:
21
But how he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we
know not: ask himself: he is of age, let him speak for himself.
22
These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the
Jews had already agreed among themselves, that if any man should
confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23
Therefore did his parents say: He is of age, ask himself.
24
They therefore called the man again that had been blind, and said to
him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
25
He said therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I
know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.
26
They said then to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?
27
He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard: why
would you hear it again? will you also become his disciples?
28
They reviled him therefore, and said: Be thou his disciple; but we
are the disciples of Moses.
29
We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from
whence he is.
30
The man answered, and said to them: Why, herein is a wonderful thing,
that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.
31
Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server
of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.
32
From the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man
hath opened the eyes of one born blind.
33
Unless this man were of God, he could not do any thing.
34
They answered, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins, and
dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he
said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God?
36
He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
37
And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that
talketh with thee.
38
And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.
39
And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who
see not, may see; and they who see, may become blind.
40
And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said
unto him: Are we also blind?
41
Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but
now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.
OR
1
And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth:
6
When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay
of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,
7
And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted,
Sent. He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing.
8
The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he
was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said:
This is he.
9
But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he.
13
They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees.
14
Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and opened his
eyes.
15
Again therefore the Pharisees asked him, how he had received his
sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed,
and I see.
16
Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who
keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a
sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17
They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him
that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet.
34
They answered, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins, and
dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he
said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God?
36
He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
37
And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that
talketh with thee.
38
And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.
