The Man Born Blind, this Sunday’s gospel, is a great one for all times—including these times. Yes he’s born blind—born with limitations, wounds. People blame him, shun him, though some take pity on him. No one engages him as a full human until Jesus does. The “healing” done by Jesus, like other ones, is just a simple bathing, but it brings the man to physical wholeness. His total personal wholeness is not complete until he meets Jesus again, and learns who it was that healed

By the guidelines of the Federal CDC, the President, and St. Louis County, and along with the closure of Archdiocesan schools and the suspension of parish Masses by Archbishop Carlson, all parish facilities at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne are CLOSED to all activities beginning Wednesday, March 18 until further notice. This includes all parts of the School Site, including gym, cafeteria, and outdoor fields; and the Church and Adoration Chapel, Parish Hall and all meeting room

This Sunday we begin the three greatest Conversion Stories in the Bible. We only get them in Cycle A of the three-year rotation of Sunday readings (though these stories can be used any Lent especially with unbaptized catechumens). The Woman at the Well, the Man Born Blind, and the Raising of Lazarus are amazing for the transformations of the characters, and general human insight. This week a woman, tired from work and bored in relationships, finds new life talking to a strang