Sunday 31 March 2019
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2019 Masses 8.30am 10.15am 6pm LAETARE SUNDAY ______________________________ Thursday 4th March Evening Mass 7.30pm in the Ordinariate Use NB: FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH SUNG ORDINARIATE USE MASS 12 NOON __________________________________________________________ Found Alive Again: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday of Lent The Return of the Prodigal Son, Unknown artist (Neapolitan), c. 1630 Readings: Joshua 5:9–12 Psalm 34:2–7 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 Luke 15:1–3 , 11–32 In today’s First Reading, God forgives “the reproach” of the generations who grumbled against Him after the Exodus. On the threshold of the promised land, Israel can with a clean heart celebrate the Passover, the feast of God’s firstborn son (see Joshua 5:6–7 ; Exodus 4:22 ; 12:12–13 ). Reconciliation is also at the heart of the story Jesus tells in today’s Gospel. The story of the Prodigal Son is the story of Israel and