Eyes to see

The Gospels this week have had a lot to do with seeing--the other day, Jesus was in the boat asking his disciples "Don't you have eyes?" because they failed to perceive what his miracles meant. Yesterday, there was the blind man, brought to Jesus by a group of friends, and even when Jesus touched his eyes, he couldn't see straight. It took two times for the man to be able to see! And today we get a hint of what the disciples were averting their eyes from... "The Son of Man is going to be handed over, killed and then raised up." Some things you just don't want to face.