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Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and behold King Solomon in his diadem, wherewith his mother crowned him on the day of his espousals, and on the day of the joy of his heart. (Cant. iii. 11).
Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on preparing for sleep, will unite himself with the Church…
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.
Station Sunday Lent III: Statio ad St Laurentium extra muros
Dr Robert Wilson’s weekly Sunday sermon…
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
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!
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…