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The Lutheran public radio choir with the hymn Jesus,

Christless treasure, it says all how long an anguish shall my spirit languish yearning Lord for thee.

Well, this coming Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent, is a bit of a break from the solemnness of Lent,

it falls right in the center of Lent, and it's called Lytare because it's about rejoicing.

Welcome back to issuesetc.org, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran public radio in

Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkins, thanks for tuning us in. Pastor Peter Bender joins

us to look forward to Sunday morning. He's pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Sussex, Wisconsin,

and director of the Concordia Catechetical Academy. Peter, welcome back. Good to be with you, Todd.

How is this coming Sunday different from the other Sundays in Lent? Well, this Sunday is the

Sunday of rejoicing. It takes on a very different character from the first three Sundays in Lent,

where you saw right out in the open the battle against the evil one, Sundays much more characterized

by the contrition and repentance that is so much the flavor of all of Lent. But in this particular

Sunday, you've got the intro, again, as always, announcing the theme, rejoice with Jerusalem and

be glad for her, all you who love her. And so rejoicing is the theme for the day, and Luther

Readin is in his wonderful historic book on the Lutheran Liturgy, comments that the

propers are definitely chosen with the thought of relieving the austerities of the Lent and season.

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