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I SHALL REJOICE OVER JERUSALEM

4th Week of Lent. Let us pray for Jerusalem.
‘Go home,’ said Jesus ‘your son will live.’

First Reading Isaiah 55:17-21 Be glad and rejoice for ever at what I am creating

Thus says the Lord: Now I create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered, and will come no more to men’s minds. Be glad and rejoice for ever and ever for what I am creating, because I now create Jerusalem ‘Joy’ and her people ‘Gladness.’ I shall rejoice over Jerusalem and exult in my people. No more will the sound of weeping or the sound of cries be heard in her; in her, no more will be found the infant living a few days only, or the old man not living to the end of his days. To die at the age of a hundred will be dying young; not to live to be a hundred will be the sign of a curse. They will build houses and inhabit them, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Responsorial Psalm I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me.

Gospel John 4:43-54 Go home: your son will live

Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. He himself had declared that there is no respect for a prophet in his own country, but on his arrival the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended. 

He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a court official there whose son was ill at Capernaum and, hearing that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went and asked him to come and cure his son as he was at the point of death.

Jesus said, ‘So you will not believe unless you see signs and portents!’ ‘Sir,’ answered the official ‘come down before my child dies.’ ‘Go home,’ said Jesus ‘your son will live.’ The man believed what Jesus had said and started on his way; and while he was still on the journey back his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive. He asked them when the boy had begun to recover. ‘The fever left him yesterday’ they said ‘at the seventh hour.’ The father realised that this was exactly the time when Jesus had said, ‘Your son will live’; and he and all his household believed.

This was the second sign given by Jesus, on his return from Judaea to Galilee.

My God, my Father, I will praise you, for you have rescued me. Father you have not let my enemies rejoice over me. My Father, you have raised my soul from the dead. You Father, restored me to life from those who sink into the grave. My God I praise you. Sing psalms to the Lord. My God I give thanks your most Holy Name. Father your anger lasts a moment. Your love is everlasting. At night there are tears, but joy comes with dawn. Father, you listened and had pity, and come to my help. Father, you changed my mourning into dancing. Eternal praise be to you, my God. Jesus, I trust in you. Your word is assuring. Psam 29 (30). Thank you, Jesus. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel Guardian, pray for me. Pray the Rosary. Pray for Jerusalem. Peace be upon Jerusalem.

AELF: 4ème Semaine de Carême  « J’EXULTERAI EN JÉRUSALEM» Prions pour Jérusalem
« Va, ton fils est vivant. »

Évangileselon saint Jean 4, 43-54 « Va, ton fils est vivant »

En ce temps-là, après avoir passé deux jours chez les Samaritains, Jésus partit de là pour la Galilée. – Lui-même avait témoigné qu’un prophète n’est pas considéré dans son propre pays. Il arriva donc en Galilée ; les Galiléens lui firent bon accueil, car ils avaient vu tout ce qu’il avait fait à Jérusalem pendant la fête de la Pâque, puisqu’ils étaient allés eux aussi à cette fête. Ainsi donc Jésus revint à Cana de Galilée, où il avait changé l’eau en vin. Or, il y avait un fonctionnaire royal, dont le fils était malade à Capharnaüm. Ayant appris que Jésus arrivait de Judée en Galilée, il alla le trouver ; il lui demandait de descendre à Capharnaüm pour guérir son fils qui était mourant.

Jésus lui dit : « Si vous ne voyez pas de signes et de prodiges, vous ne croirez donc pas ! » Le fonctionnaire royal lui dit : « Seigneur, descends, avant que mon enfant ne meure ! » Jésus lui répond : « Va, ton fils est vivant. » L’homme crut à la parole que Jésus lui avait dite et il partit. Pendant qu’il descendait, ses serviteurs arrivèrent à sa rencontre et lui dirent que son enfant était vivant. Il voulut savoir à quelle heure il s’était trouvé mieux. Ils lui dirent : « C’est hier, à la septième heure (au début de l’après-midi), que la fièvre l’a quitté. » Le père se rendit compte que c’était justement l’heure où Jésus lui avait dit : « Ton fils est vivant. » Alors il crut, lui, ainsi que tous les gens de sa maison.

Tel fut le second signe que Jésus accomplit lorsqu’il revint de Judée en Galilée.

Mon Dieu, mon Père, je te loue, car tu m'as sauvé. Père, tu n'as pas permis que mes ennemis se réjouissent de mon malheur. Mon Père, tu as ressuscité mon âme. Père, tu m'as ramené à la vie, me sauvant de l’abîme. Mon Dieu, je te loue. Fêtez le Seigneur. Mon Dieu, je rends grâce à ton Nom très saint. Père, ta colère ne dure qu’un instant. Ton amour est éternel. La nuit, des larmes, mais la joie à l'aube. Père, tu as écouté à mon supplication, tu as eu pitié de moi.  Tu es venu à mon secours. Père, tu as changé mon deuil en allégresse. À toi louange éternelle, Seigneur, mon Dieu. Psaume 20 (30). Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Ta parole est rassurante. Merci, Jésus. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon Ange Gardien, priez pour moi. Priez le Rosaire. Que la paix soit sur Jérusalem. Prions pour Jérusalem. 
 

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