I have a cartoon on the bulletin board in my office. Two monks are walking together and one says to the other “I could be a saint if I really wanted to.” The story of the man born blind in St. John’s gospel reminded me of that when Jesus said to him “Do you want to be well?” The man, of course, has all of his excuses on why he is not well. Jesus says to us, “Do you want to be well, do you want to be forgiving, do you want to be generous, do you want to be holy?” We make our excuses but if we are willing to heed the word of Jesus he will make us well, forgiving, generous, even holy.
