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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Enduring Love of God – A Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent”- Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope

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“The readings from Sunday Mass speak to us of our desperate condition and how God’s abiding love has not only set us free but has lifted us higher as well. God was not content to restore us to some earthly garden, paradise though it was. No, He so loved the world that He sent His Son, who opened Heaven itself for us and has given us a new, transformed, and eternal life. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Laetare Sunday: On Laetare Sunday the Church expresses hope and joy in the midst of our Lenten fasts and penances” – Our Sunday Visitor/Catholic Answers/Michael R. Heinlein

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Stained Glass Window of Dove with Golden Rays and Dark Edging, Bernini's Gloria from Saint Peter's Basilica, adapted from image at cia.gov

“… The day’s theme comes from the entrance antiphon reflecting on Isaiah 66:10-11: ‘Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exalt and be satisfied at her consoling breast.’ Laetare is the first word — meaning “rejoice” — in the Latin text. On Laetare Sunday (as similarly with the Third Sunday of Advent’s Gaudete Sunday) the Church expresses hope and joy in the midst of our Lenten fasts and penances. Call it pink — or, more fittingly, rose — this change in color indicates a glimpse of the joy that awaits us at Easter, just before we enter into the somber days of Passiontide. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)” – FishEaters

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“The fourth Sunday of Lent is rather unique; like the third Sunday of Advent (‘Gaudete Sunday’), the fourth Sunday of Lent is a break in an otherwise penitential season. The vestments for this day will be rose, as they are on Gaudete Sunday in Advent, and flowers may adorn the Altar. This day is called ‘Laetare Sunday’ (also “Rose Sunday” ), and takes its name from the opening words of the Mass, the Introit’s ‘Laetare, Jerusalem’ …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Fourth Sunday of Lent 3.11.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have Eternal Life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be Saved through Him. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Saturday of the Third Week of Lent 3.10.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Jesus addressed this parable … ‘Two people went up to the temple area to pray … the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, “O God, be merciful to me a sinner.” I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Friday of the Third Week of Lent 3.9.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked Him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other Commandment greater than these.'”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Thursday of the Third Week of Lent 3.8.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed. Some of them said, ‘By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.’ … He knew their thoughts and said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? … But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. … * * * Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.'”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent 3.7.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. … But whoever obeys and teaches these Commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.'”

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NEXT SUNDAY: CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Fourth Sunday of Lent 3.11.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have Eternal Life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be Saved through Him. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Monday of the Third Week of Lent 3.5.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“‘Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. …’ the people in the synagogue heard this,
they were all filled with fury. They … led Him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl Him down headlong. But He passed through the midst of them and went away.”

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