FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT C Lectionary #33

Or, if there are catechumens, see the suggestions for Year A.

Thresholds are frightening places to be: We stand between what we know and what we don't know. Thresholds offer an invitation to leave the familiar behind and step into the new, the unexpected.

Joshua 5:9a, 10-12. On the day that the people ate the food of the Promised Land, the familiar manna ceased. The source of nourishment on which they had relied for many years dried up. They had to wonder: Will we have enough to eat in this new place? Will it sustain us?

Psalm of the Day: Ps (33) 34

This psalm—or at least its refrain—was one of the Communion songs of the early church. It is a hymn of thanksgiving praising God and inviting the community to join in giving thanks for some great benefit.

Drink in the Richness of God (Hughes) PAS 28, ant. 2

Gusten y Vean (Cortés) FYC 201/GP 201

Gusten y Vean (Montgomery) FYC 200

Gusten y Vean (Rubalcava) Cantos 61

Gusten y Vean/Taste and See (Reza) FYC 202/ JS 39, vss. 1, 2, 3

O Taste and See (Haugen) GC 835/RS 923

O Taste and See (Isele) CBW 414/LMGM 541

O Taste and See ( Somerville ) PMB 146, vss. 1, 2, 3

Taste and See (Alstott) JS 40

Taste and See (Balhoff/Daigle/Ducote) PCY6 15

Taste and See (Brustle/Black) CBW 55

Taste and See (Dean) MI-BB/JS 37/RS 72/GP 200/SP1 32, vss. 1, 2, 3

Taste and See (Guimont) RS 71/LPMG 42

Taste and See (Haugen) GC 47/PCY1 62/RS 70

Taste and See (Hillert) WC 383/WS/PRM C22

Taste and See (Hommerding) WC 384/SO 26/PMB 148

Taste and See (Kreutz) SC 39

Taste and See ( Moore ) LMGM 129/GP 240/GC 814/WC 654/CBW 610/MI-BB/WS

Taste and See (Proulx/Gelineau) WOR 36, 798/RS 73

Taste and See ( Savoy ) CCS 2548

Taste and See (Schiavone) LPMG 45

Taste and See (Talbot) MI-BB/JS 620/SP5 26

Taste and See ( Walker ) OCP 7147

Taste and See (Willcock) PFS 46/JS 38

Taste and See (Willcock) PFS 46

2 Corinthians 5:17-21. “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation.” What does it feel like to be a new creation? How does one deal with the fact that “the old things have passed away” and “new things have come”? And then, as this new being, to become an “ambassador for Christ”—that's quite a challenge!

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32. The wayward son certainly knew what it was like to step into a new situation and fail. What must he have felt like walking down the familiar road to home, wondering how he would be received?

Songs for the Liturgy

All Who Hunger (1,Ps) RS 845, 926/GC 820

Amazing Grace (G) WOR 583/WC 657/CBW 480/MI-BB/GP 615/LMGM 173/GC 612/JS 713/RS 737/WS/PMB 323

As a Fire Is Meant for Burning (2) RS 779/GC 663

As We Gather at Your Table (2,G) RS 848/CBW 583/JS 792

As We Remember (2,G) GC 818/GP 504

Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death (2) WOR 586/GC 803/RS 729/WC 780/WS

Be Reconciled as One (2,G) GP 469

Bless His Holy Name (G) LMGM 200

Bless the Lord (G) WC 407/MI-BB/JS 631

*Come Home (G) GP 468

Come to the Feast (G) GC 503/RS 642/MI-BB

Come, Ye Disconsolate (G) LMGM 255

Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy (G) WOR 756/RS 954

Deep Down in My Soul (G) GC 880

Far from Home We Run Rebellious (G) HG 86

Forgive Our Sins (G) WOR 754/CBW 620/WC 660/JS 556/RS 952/GC 879/PMB 324

From the Depths of Sin and Sadness (G) WC 520/CBW 487

From the Depths We Cry to Thee (G) JS 386/BB

Grant to Us (2) WC 662/RS 558/CBW 621/WS/PMB 329

Great God of Mercy (G) WOR 746/CBW 361

Great Is Thy Faithfulness (G) LMGM 242

Hold Me In Life (G) MI-BB/GC 599/CBW 707/JS 702/GP 596

Hold Us in Your Mercy (G) BB/GC 398/GP 350

Hosea (G) MI-BB/WC 663/GC 386/JS 559/GP 471/WS/PMB 327

*I Call You to My Father's House (G) WC 684/WS/PMB 343

I Want to Call You (2,G) GC 884

I Will Be Your God (2) JS 383/BB

*I Will Give Thanks to You, My Lord (Ps) WC 382/WS/PMB 147

I Will Sweep Away Your Transgressions (Ps,G) CBW 622

Jesus, Heal Us (1,Ps) GC 875/WC 421

*Lord, I'm Coming Home (G) LMGM 178

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (2) WOR 588/MI-BB/GP 640/JS 746/WC 816/RS 743/GC 622/WS/PMB 431

Loving and Forgiving (G) JS 560/MI-BB

*Make of Our Hands a Throne (Ps) PMB 302/WS

Now We Remain (2) GC 694/WC 642/MI-BB/RS 813/WS

O Christ, the Great Foundation (2) WOR 618/RS 781, 782/CBW 527

*Our Father, We Have Wandered (G) WOR 755/WC 665/RS 955/WS/PMB 326/JS 554

Out of Darkness -- Walker (2) MI-BB/GC 689/JS 765/GP 574

Out of the Depths (G) JS 107, 393/MI-BB/RS 947/GP 344/WC 418, 506/WS/PMB 241

Praise to You, O Christ, Our Savior (2) MI-BB/GC 515/JS 208/RS 652/GP 662/CBW 442

Ps 51: Create in Me (G)

Ps 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (G)

Ps 130: With the Lord There Is Mercy (G)

Remember Your Love (G) GP 474/MI-BB/GC 881/JS 561

Remember Your Mercy, Lord (G) GC 885/MI-BB/RS 550/GP 476

Return to God (G) GC 389/RS 555/WS

Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (G) LMGM 47

Shepherd of Souls, In Love Come Feed Us (1) WC 645/PMB 307

Show Us Your Mercy (G) GP 473/JS 563

Somebody's Knockin' at Your Door (G) LMGM 34/WOR 415/RS 547/GP 354/WC 515/WS/JS 388

*Taste and See (Ps) GC 837/JS 821/RS 919/GP 199/MI-BB/SP2 15

Thanks Be to You (1,2,G) RS 708/GC 569

The Lord Is My Hope (Ps,G) GP 631/MI-BB/JS 730

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (G) WOR 595, 596/MI-BB/JS 748/WC 659/RS 742/GC 626/GP 639/CBW 443/WS/PMB 322

There Is a Balm in Gilead (Ps,G) PMB 331/MI-BB/LMGM 157/WOR 608/WC 674/RS 764/GC 648/WS/JS 723/GP 634

This Is Our Accepted Time (2) WC 516/PMB 231

Those Who Seek Your Face, Scrutiny verses (G) GP 447/JS 128/BB

Turn to Me (G) GP 342/JS 377/MI-BB

Yahweh, the Faithful One (1) GP 609

*Yes, I Shall Arise -- Deiss (G) WC 668/WS/PMB 325

You Have Looked upon the Lowly (G) CBW 624

You Have Rescued Me (G) GP 475