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March 10, 2013 - Fourth Sunday of Lent Reading 1 Jos 5,9a. 10-12
The LORD said to Joshua,Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth of the month.On the day after the Passover,they ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain.On that same day after the Passover,on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased.No longer was there manna for the Israelites,who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 34,2-3. 4-5. 6-7
R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
reading 2 2 Cor 5,17-21
Brothers and sisters:Whoever is in Christ is a new creation:the old things have passed away;behold, new things have come.And all this is from God,who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.So we are ambassadors for Christ,as if God were appealing through us.We implore you on behalf of Christ,be reconciled to God.For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Gospel Lk 15,1-3. 11-32
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.So to them Jesus addressed this parable:A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father,‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.So the father divided the property between them.After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.When he had freely spent everything,a severe famine struck that country,and he found himself in dire need.So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine.And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed,but nobody gave him any.Coming to his senses he thought,How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat,but here am I, dying from hunger.I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him,Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.I no longer deserve to be called your son;treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.So he got up and went back to his father.While he was still a long way off,his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion.He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.His son said to him,‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;I no longer deserve to be called your son.’ |
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