Let’s explore some of the themes in the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent.

1st Reading – Joshua 5:9a,10-12

• On the plains of Jericho, the people celebrated the Passover and ate the fruit of the land, and on that same day the manna ceased.

Psalm – 34:2-7

• “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”
• We praise and bless the Lord, who delivers us from all our fears and saves us.

2nd Reading – 2nd Corinthians 5:17-21

• God has reconciled us to himself in Christ, and we are now a new creation.
• Paul then exhorts us to always be reconciled to God.

Gospel – Luke 15:1-3,11-32

• A younger son demands his inheritance and departs from his father and older brother where he squanders his money.
• The younger son repents and returns to his father, who welcomes him with compassion and joy.
• When the older son hears of this, he refuses to celebrate, and the father gently comes to him to teach a lesson about reconciliation.

Mass Readings – 4th Sunday of Lent (#33)

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