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The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, March 10, 2002 The Fourth Sunday of Lent Laetare Sunday Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7,10-13 Psalm 23:1-6 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 A reflection on today's Scripture: This fourth Sunday of Lent used to be known as Laetare Sunday, taken from the Latin "laetare", meaning "to rejoice." What?!! Rejoicing in the middle of Lent? Yes, we rejoice that God has made known his plan of salvation and has shown his hand in the saga of Jewish history as the human ancestors of Jesus were carefully brought forth in time. Today's first reading beautifully shows this. Salvation is at hand! St. Paul writes that we have come from a period of darkness and now we should live as children of the light, shunning all that is evil: "Awake, sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee." (Eph 5:14) Today's Gospel too, tells how Jesus cured a man who was blind from birth, bringing him to life. Sadly, the temple teachers obstinately refused to believe. Light or darkness: where will we cast our lot? Will we joyously accept the life and light that Jesus offers us, or will we sullenly live on in the darkness of sin? Will we continue to wallow in our selfishness and materialism - going our own way, or will we turn away from sin and open up ourselves to God's saving grace? I am the Light of the world, says the Lord. The man who follows me does not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. (see John 8:12) - Joachim, ocds YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters. The Daily Meditations appear online in English & Spanish at: http://homepage.mac.com/ojoachim3/DailyMeds.html ARCHIVED Meditations at: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/dailymed%40saturn.nibcomp.com For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)2002 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. All scripture quotes are from the Douay-Rheims edition of the Catholic Bible. Full text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/ |
Title: Meditation: Sunday, March 10, 2002
