“Rejoice Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning. Exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast.” These words are the entrance antiphon for the beginning of yesterday’s mass on the 4th Sunday of Lent. You may wonder why I wore a rose colored vestment yesterday. You may wonder if it was a special feast day or something. Yesterday was Laetare Sunday – from the Latin word rejoice. It is named that because we should rejoice, for we have passed the halfway mark in our Lenten celebrations, for our Easter festival is near. Our psalm today also talks about rejoicing, for the Lord has brought us up from the netherworld, preserved his people from those going down to the pit. Strong words indeed. Sometimes, we may feel like things are closing in on us, that the bad is overwhelming and overcoming the good in our lives. Yet, we are to have hope, as we had hope yesterday on Lataere Sunday. May we continue to accompany Jesus with our own crosses during this Lenten season, and may we be resurrected with him on Easter morning. Amen, I say to that!
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