Mar-21 Liturgical Study for Fifth Sunday in Lent
Mar-21 Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 The old covenant given to Moses by Yahweh was written on tablets of stone and intended for descendants of Judah dictating man's obligation to God. The new covenant by contrast is written on the hearts of all believers, Jews and Gentiles alike, founded on Christ’s eternal atonement for the sins of mankind and based on each individual’s personal loving relationship with God rather than one mediated through the institutional sacrifices and prayers of priests and prophets. John 12:20-33 Jesus used the parable that a grain of wheat to produce fruit must first be buried in the ground and rise up as a stalk bearing ears of corn; so too, the most proper method of bringing about the conversion and salvation of the world is for Jesus to die, be buried and rise again. He warns his disciples that they were to expect persecution, even risk losing their life itself, but in that case he promised them a share in his crown and glory. There is al...