1. Wednesday Gospel Webinar
Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

2. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

3. Literal meaning Where? John 9: In Jerusalem, near the temple.
When? Feast of Tabernacles - After Jesus has proclaimed himself to be God
What? Healing of a man born blind
Who? Jesus, disciples, man born blind, neighbours, Pharisees, his parents
How? re-creation of the man’s sight, and his journey of faith
Why? Jesus the light of the world is recognised through faith

4. ACCOUNT BREAKDOWN
1-5: Jesus the Light of the world – revealed in darkness: infirmity.
6-7: Jesus heals the blind man: re-creation / baptism
8-12: discussion ex-blind man vs neighbours: ‘the man called Jesus…’
13-17: discussion ex-blind man vs Pharisees: ‘He is a Prophet’
18-23: discussion Pharisees vs parents: fear and refusal to believe
24-34: Pharisees vs ex-blind man: ‘if this man were not from God…’
35-41: Jesus finds the man – profession of faith – meaning of faith

5. The journey of Faith Initiative of Jesus / gift of God
Free response / personal confession of faith
Faith and Reason
Baptism
Seeing through faith

6. Finding God Jesus: the Light and creator of light
Presence and Revelation of God, Creator and Saviour
Lord of the Sabbath / Son of Man
Pillar of fire (feast of Tabernacles)

7. Finding the human person
Blind man symbol of the whole humanity: darkness / original sin
Revelation / healing
Faith
Human response to divine revelation and action
‘I believe’

8. Baptism: being plunged in Jesus, the One who is ‘sent’ by the Father
Finding the Church
The Sacraments
Life of God given to us through the sacred Humanity of Jesus – materiality of the sacraments.
Baptism: being plunged in Jesus, the One who is ‘sent’ by the Father

10. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen.

11. Acknowledgments
Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti
With gratitude to the Wednesday Word