Fourth Sunday of Lent. Year A - Sunday, March 22, 2020
Readings for 4th Sunday of Lent A
FIRST READING: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6. “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want”
SECOND READING: Ephesians 5:8-14
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 8:12). Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ. I am the light of the world, says the Lord. whoever follows me will have the light of life. Glory to you, Word of God, Lord, Jesus Christ.
GOSPEL: John 9:1-41 - Man Born Blind
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Barclay, W. (2002). The letters to the Galatians and Ephesians. 3rd ed. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, pp.189-191.
Payne, D. (1982). I and II Samuel. Philadelphia: Westminster Press. P 81-83
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/there_are_none_so_blind_as_those_who_will_not_see
** Jer. 5:21 (King James version): "Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not." / "There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know. The proverb has been traced back in English to 1546 (John Heywood), and resembles the Biblical verse: Jer. 5:21. In 1738, it was used by Jonathan Swift in his 'Polite Conversation,' and is first attested in the United States in the 1713 'Works of Thomas Chalkley'..." https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1614.html
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