Jesus announced the great day of the Lord, the age of redemption, grace, and freedom, the year of jubilee—good news the poor, liberty to the captives, sight to the blind, and freedom to the oppressed. By His grace, our spiritual eyes were opened to the Truth of heaven, and the blind regained their sight; by His death and resurrection, we were cleansed of sin, and the lepers were healed by His touch. For the life of the Church, the hope of the Gospel has always been both an assured spiritual promise of divine reconciliation as well as a tangible, physical reality ever present in the actions of the redeemed.