Sermon March 15, 2026 Diego Garrido

You may have noticed our reader Carol Lohe read until verse 11, but this was going to be another long reading, yes, another twenty more verses. So let me summarize it. Jesus heals this man. And yes, he uses saliva. There was a back and forth argument with the Pharisees about healing him on Sabbath, and then they called the parents to confirm if he had been born blind. Then, the healed blind man, whose name we do not know, replies to the Pharisees in defense of Jesus, and then both talk. The reading ends when Jesus drops the mic, when he says a harsh sentence to the Pharisees about their own blindness, one that puts laws over people. What is this reading teaching us for this Sunday, my dear Unitarians, followers of Jesus? Caramba.

I want to invite us to reflect about being disciples of Jesus in a time where Christianity is considered aligned with a political project. When our faith is no longer in catacombs, but in the imperial seat. A time where our churches are in constant emotions of fear or anxiety to attract communities that are multicultural and ethnically diverse.