Day: March 19, 2023
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Just as the Sunday of Gaudete or “Rejoice” comes in the middle of Advent to excite us with holy joy courageously to continue our diligent preparation for the Feast of Christmas, so the Sunday of Laetare or “Be glad” offers us a rest in the middle of the Lenten observance.
A Sermon for Sunday: Fourth Sunday in Lent | Revd Dr Robert Wilson
Dr Robert Wilson’s weekly Sunday sermon…
Quadragesima Sunday IV | The Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
This Sunday, called, from the first word of the Introit, Lætare Sunday, is one of the most solemn of the year. The Church interrupts her Lenten mournfulness; the chants of the Mass speak of nothing but joy and consolation; the Organ, which has been silent during the preceding three Sundays, now gives forth its melodious voice; the Deacon resumes his Dalmatic, and the Subdeacon his Tunic; and instead of purple, Rose-colored Vestments are allowed to be used.
Spiritual Reading for the Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
Spiritual Reading for the Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
Morning Meditations for the Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
The Lord wrought the miracle of the multiplication of food recorded by St. John through compassion for the bodily needs of those poor people. But far more tender is His compassion for the necessities of the souls of poor sinners who are deprived of Divine grace. O infinite love of our God towards sinners, exclaims St. Bernard, to redeem a slave, neither has the Father spared His Son, nor the Son Himself!
Morning Prayers for the Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…