Lord, Open Our Eyes

Our son's poetry recitation day is drawing closer. All the children at his (our) school choose a poem or prose that they like, memorize it and then recite it for their class. Our poetry recitation is taken very seriously and the children prepare for it with sincere excitement! My little guy chose words that Father Fleming wrote. It was actually part of one of Father Fleming's Sunday homilies.
Pabs and I edited just a bit so that it would not be too long. 2nd graders are limited to a certain number of lines.
Here is the quote (the formatting and bolding is mine - to help Pabs with timing and emphasis). Every time our son recites this we feel blessed. Thank you, Father Fleming!

We need to be wakened from a dark sleep
which can be so deep as to blind us from the darkness itself.
We need to rise up to light
that we might recognize the dark when we encounter it.
None are so spiritually blind
as those who are blind to their own blindness.

To seek the light;
to peer through the eyes of God;
to refract what we see through the prism of God’s word;
to color our vision with the wisdom of tradition and truth:
therein lies the cure for the blindness we often fail to see;
therein lies the truth to which we can often be quite blind.

Only faith helps us see our own blindness;
ONLY faith opens our eyes to the light and the truth.

Eyes of faith see bread and wine and behold!
the body and blood of Christ.
Eyes of faith see the risen One made visible
in the supper of the Lord.

Lord, open our eyes – and help us to see!