Saturday, March 21, 2009

Dominica IV in Quadragesima: "Laetare"

Laetare Jerusalem:et conventum facite, omnes qui diligitis eam: gaudete cum laetitia, qui in tristitia fuistis: ut exsultetis, et satiemini ab uberibus consolationis vestrae. Laetatus sum in his, quae dicta sunt mihi: in domum Domini ibimus.

The three synoptic Gospels and St. Paul have handed on to us the account of the institution of the Eucharist; St. John, for his part, reports the words of Jesus in the synagogue of Capernaum that prepare for the institution of the Eucharist: Christ calls himself the "bread of life, come down from heaven." (CCC 1338)

Meeting Christ in the Liturgy offers a reflection for Dominica IV in Quadragesima.