As noted last week, the Gospels of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can vary, but priests can always use the “scrutiny readings” — which also happen to be the readings prescribed for this ...

Sunday, March 19, is the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. In today’s Gospel, ...

As Jesus went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind. “Neither he nor his parents ...

"Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." – John 9:32-33 A man who was blind from birth had been healed, but no one seemed ...

Jesus continued with a familiar theme — “light.” (See Vol. 49.) He says, “ ‘While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ ” Then Jesus spits into the dirt to make mud and places the mud on ...

JERUSALEM — The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished ...

The exact location of the pool where Jesus, according to the New Testament, performed one of his most renowned miracles by healing a blind man has been a topic of debate for centuries. Traditionally, ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient dam in Jerusalem’s City of David – not far from the body of water where Jesus famously healed a blind man. Officials noted in an Aug. 30 release that the wall ...

In the fourth chapter of John’s Gospel, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman drawing water from Jacob’s well. Although little is known about this anonymous woman, it is at least implied by their ...

The location of the pool where, according to the New Testament, Jesus healed a blind man in one of his most famous miracles has been up for debate for hundreds of years. Known as the Pool of Siloam, ...

JERUSALEM — The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished ...