https://freerepublic.com/tag/4thsundayoflent/ en-us Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:17:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3268097/posts Your Love is Lifting Me Higher – A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent By: Msgr. Charles PopeThe readings in today’s Mass speak to us of our desperate condition, and how God’s abiding love has not only set us free, but also lifted us higher. God was not content to restore us to some earthy garden, paradise though it was. No, he has so loved the world that he sent his Son who has opened heaven itself for us and given us a new, transformed and eternal life.Let's look at some of the themes and ponder that God works... Archiocese of Washington https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3268097/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:17:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3138911/posts In today’s Gospel, Jesus, the Light of the World, brings light to a man born blind. If you are prepared to accept it, you are the man born blind, for all of us were born blind and in darkness. It was our baptism alone, and the faith it gave, which has rendered us able to see, and, by stages, to come more fully into the light. The man in today’s Gospel shows forth the stages of the Christian walk, out of darkness, and into the beautiful light of Christ. Let’s take a moment and observe these stages evident in this... Archdiocese of Washington https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3138911/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:35:08 GMT