Fourth Sunday of Lent

33: Jos 5:9a, 10-12
Ps 34: 2-7
2 Cor. 5: 17-21
Lk. 15: 1-3, 11-32

or for Year A
1 Sm 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a
Ps 23: 1-6
Eph 5:8-14
Jn. 9: 1-41 or 9: 1-9, 13-17, 34-38

Having arrived in the promised land, the Hebrews celebrated their deliverance from afflication and distress (Ps) in the Passover (1).  Christ, our passover, has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation (2): let us forgive one another and celebrate the unconditional and abundant love of God our Father (3).