The last Sunday in Lent is the Sunday of Baptism, during which we read the gospel reading of the man born blind.

“I was blind and now I see.”

This is our everlasting experience as children of the Heavenly Father. We were blind and He opened our sight so we beheld miracles of His laws and we saw what the prophets longed to see, and He gave us understanding of the Scriptures.

“Go wash in the pool of Siloam.”

Baptism means washing in the pool of Siloam, so we become pure. Repentance is a continuous washing, so we may see clearly. Repentance is a continuation of Baptism and it is the means through which we can see Christ clearly all our life. Lasting repentance cleans our heart, renews the intellect, protects the contrite soul in the obedience of the Father, and through repentance, we can discover all the graces and secrets of the Heavenly Father.