Sermon/Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B 10TH MARCH 2024
Sermon/Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B 10TH MARCH 2024 2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23. Psalm 137:1-2,3,4-5,6. Ephesians 2:4-10. John 3:14-21. Theme: The Love of God for Humanity. What would have become of our world if not for the love of God? St. Paul tells us in the second reading, "God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses" (Eph.2:4-5). God loved us when we were most unlovable. We are the ones God loved "when we were dead through our trespasses." St. Paul also said that the proof of God's love for us is that "Christ died for us while we still sinners" (Rom.5:8). The supreme expression of God's love us, is that He sent his only Son into the world. Today's Gospel puts God's love for us in this popular verse of the Bible when our Lord said to Nicodemus, "For God so loved the world that He gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should ...