Fourth Sunday of Lent

Today the Church celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The assigned readings are 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; and John 3:14-21. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 137 (Psalm 137:1-6).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 137

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus said to Nicodemus: "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Fourth Sunday of Lent (March 15, 2015)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent (March 15, 2015)

Msgr. Charles Pope: Your Love is Lifting Me Higher – A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent (14 MAR 15)

Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio: If God so loves the World, How can Hell Exist?

The Deacon's Bench: Turning toward the light: Homily for 4th Sunday of Lent (14 MAR 15)

Word on Fire: Hesed All the Way Through (Cycle B * Lent * Week 4)

Dr. Scott Hahn: Living in the Light (March 15th 2015 - Fourth Sunday of Lent)

CWR Blog: John 3:16 and the Journey from Darkness to Light (14 MAR 15)

Spirituality of the Readings: Listen to the Light (4th Sunday of Lent B)

The Word Embodied: Being Saved by God’s Kind Favor (4th Sunday of Lent B)

Historical Cultural Context: The World’s Darkness (4th Sunday of Lent B)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by John Chrysostom (4th Sunday of Lent B)

Word to Life Radio Broadcast: Fourth Sunday of Lent (13 MAR 15)