Here are some of the themes that emerge in the Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent.
1st Reading – Jeremiah 31:31-34
- The Lord will make a new covenant with the house of Israel.
- The covenant will be written on their hearts, and God will forgive their sins.
Psalm – 51:3-4,12-15
- “Create a clean heart in me, O God.”
- The Lord mercifully renews our spirit, gives us joy, and leads us back to God.
2nd Reading – Hebrews 5:7-9
- During his earthly life, Jesus offered prayers and supplications to God.
- Christ learned obedience through his suffering and became the source of our eternal salvation.
Gospel – John 12:20-33
- Like the grain of wheat that falls to the ground and dies in order to bear much fruit, so also a disciple of Christ must lose his life in this world in order to preserve it for eternal life.
- When the Lord was lifted up from the earth, he drew all people to himself…indicating his death on the Cross.
Mass Readings – 5th Sunday of Lent (B – #35)
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