Exiling Ourselves: Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent 2024
4th Sunday of Lent, B March 10, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/f_3QXhry7rc From about 605 to 535 BC, God’s chosen nation of Israel went through the Babylonian Exile, described in the first reading. Our psalm today is a lament, a song expressing the sorrow the Jews felt when it seemed like God had abandoned. Why, though? Why did God allow the Babylonians – a pagan empire – to conquer Jerusalem, destroy the temple, and exile His people to a foreign land? [ ] Sin, obviously. God promises never to abandon his people. Yet, he also promised...Read More