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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