For 2 March 2008, 4th Sunday of Lent, based on John 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38
As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam†(which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?†Some were saying, “It is he.†Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.†He kept saying, “I am the man.â€
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.†Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.†But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?†And they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.†He said, “He is a prophet.†They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?†And they drove him out.
Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?†He answered, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.†Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.†He said, “Lord, I believe.†And he worshiped him.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 
2 Mar 2008
Who are the blind
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As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam†(which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?†Some were saying, “It is he.†Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.†He kept saying, “I am the man.â€
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.†Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.†But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?†And they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.†He said, “He is a prophet.†They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?†And they drove him out.
Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?†He answered, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.†Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.†He said, “Lord, I believe.†And he worshiped him.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.