The 4th Sunday in the Lent is well known as the “laetare” Sunday. This comes from the beginning (incipit) of the latin “introitus” of the mass, “Laetare O Jerusalem”, which means “rejoice o Jerusalem” - from the last chapter of the Prophet Isaiah.
There (Is 66, 10-11) we read:
“Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; Exult, exult with her, all you who were mourning over her!
Oh, that you may suck fully of the milk of her comfort,
that you may nurse with delight at her abundant breasts!”
The readings of this Sunday give a similar message of joy.
In the first reading from Joshua we hear that the people of Israel reach the once promised Land Canaan. They were 40 years on the way to this Land of their great Hope. Now they are in Jericho and can begin a normal life.
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