Download Bulletin 30th March 2025

Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, is a day of celebration and a brief pause from the penitential emphasis of Lent, known as “Rejoice, O Jerusalem” in Latin, and marks the halfway point of Lent. 

DEACON GEORGE’S HOMILY FOR 4^TH SUNDAY IN LENT

The story of the Prodigal Son is probably one of the most well-known stories in the Gospels.  It is a story about a sinner who repents of his sinful ways.  But this story is a double-edged parable, because there are two sinners, the younger son and the elder son.  The younger son demanded his hereditary share of the family property.  But since there were two sons, the eldest son always received a double share, hence two thirds for him, and one third for the younger son.  The younger son immediately turned his share into cash and wasted it in a foreign land.  He abandoned the three main aspects of his life, by abandoning his family, his nation and his religion.  He left his family, to live among foreigners, and worked among pigs, showing total disrespect for his religion.  Whereas, the elder son served his father daily, but only through a sense of duty, and not through any sense of love….

Complete Homily for 4th Sunday in Lent  

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