From the Desk of Father Joseph Murphy
By Father Joseph Murphy | March 2, 2008
Dear Holy Spirit Community of Faith,
The gospel for this 4th week of Lent is about Jesus dealing with a man born blind. It is one of the most remarkable meetings recorded about Jesus. Not only does Jesus heal the blind man, but he helps him to be able to see life as a believer, i.e. with the eyes of faith. Jesus then gives him the most remarkable of gifts. He tells him that He is the Messiah and the blind man believes him – another gift.
During this past year I have had major eye trouble with my right eye. For the last 15 months I haven’t been able to see out of the right eye. I didn’t injure it, just one day it was clouded by blood. It doesn’t hurt, but the doctors determined I had a torn retina. I’ve had about 10 operations on this right eye. The surgery cleans out the blood and repairs the tear: silicon bubbles, buckles, laser – all have been tried. The first 8 operations were done at local hospitals outpatient, but the last two at the University of Chicago. On February 19th I had the most recent operation. Hopefully, in a few weeks I will be able to see a little, if it doesn’t tear again. The eye doesn’t hurt, it never has. My left eye is going great. I just get a little tired from reading. It is the only slowdown.
Like the gospel person who was blind, I too have met Jesus in the midst of all the surgeries. He, along with wonderful doctors and nurses and medical teams, have continued to give me hope. I see so much major sickness. Mine is very insignificant. Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes. I’ll be back on March 4th, ready to go.
One of the Lord’s Stewards,
Rev. Joseph V. Murphy
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