Confident that He will do that, they received sight

Advent is a season of expectation—of waiting not with anxiety but with confidence that God will act. Today’s readings speak directly to this hope. Isaiah promises a complete reversal of circumstances: barren places become fruitful, the deaf hear, the blind see, the poor rejoice, and injustice collapses. This is not poetic exaggeration; it is God teaching us that He specializes in the impossible. Where we see limits, God sees beginnings.
But Isaiah’s vision also exposes the gap between God’s plan for humanity and the realities we experience daily, broken relationships, hidden fears, persistent sins, unhealed wounds, and social inequities. Many people around us live in their own “Lebanons”—places that feel barren, unproductive, or dark. Others carry silent blindness, the inability to see hope, to imagine a better future, or to believe that change is possible.
This is why today’s Gospel is so powerful. Two blind men follow Jesus, crying out for mercy. Jesus stops and asks them: “Do you believe I can do this?” He does not ask if they deserve healing, if they have prayed enough, or if they understand theology. He asks only about trust. “Do you believe I can do this?” Their simple “Yes, Lord” transforms everything. “Confident that He will do that, they received sight.”
This is the heart of spiritual life: trusting that God can touch the places in us that feel stuck, powerless, or hidden in darkness. For many of us, the greatest blindness is not in our eyes but in our hearts—the inability to believe that God can rewrite our story, free us from patterns that bind us, or heal what we have learned to tolerate.
Psalm 27 gives us a concrete spiritual posture: “I believe I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” This is not optimism; it is faith anchored in God’s character. It is the courage to wait, the discipline to trust, and the humility to let God lead.
Advent invites us to recover this posture. Like the blind men, we may have followed Jesus for a long time, crying out without seeing immediate results. Yet the Gospel assures us: those who persist in trust will eventually see. God may not act in the way we expect or at the pace we desire, but He acts in ways that transform us more deeply than we imagine.
Today, let us offer God every hidden darkness, every fear, every unresolved situation, and every doubt. Let us ask Him for the grace to say, “Yes, Lord, I believe You can do this.” And like the blind men, may we receive new sight—eyes that recognize His presence, hearts that expect His goodness, and lives that reflect His mercy.
May Advent renew our confidence that He will do it.

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