The drama ends with the pronouncement of Jesus that his presence in the world is judgement. Those who cannot see now have light and can see. Those who say they already see and have no need for light are blinded by the light. The reader is not allowed simply to enjoy a wonderful story about Jesus who gives site to the blind. Knox Preaching Guides.
Planes drop out of the sky, killing all passengers.
Mini-dictators initiate programs of genocide against neighbors. Forces of nature storm across the landscape, leaving devastation in their path. All of us respond to the evil and tragedies in the world by engaging in moralism, judgmentalism, pointing fingers at others, and devaluing ourselves, especially when the evil and tragedy touches our lives. To do these things, however, is like tying a millstone around the neck with the expectation of still swimming in ten feet of water. All of our moralism, judgmentalism, pointing of fingers, and breaking our own mirrors will not change this.