Saturday, March 21,
2015
5th Sunday of LENT –
Year B
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
Jeremiah 31:31-34
31 'Look, the days are
coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall make a new covenant with the House of
Israel (and the House of Judah),
32 but not like the
covenant I made with their ancestors the day I took them by the hand to bring
them out of Egypt, a covenant which they broke, even though I was their Master,
Yahweh declares.
33 No, this is the
covenant I shall make with the House of Israel when those days have come,
Yahweh declares. Within them I shall plant my Law, writing it on their hearts.
Then I shall be their God and they will be my people.
34 There will be no
further need for everyone to teach neighbour or brother, saying, "Learn to
know Yahweh!" No, they will all know me, from the least to the greatest,
Yahweh declares, since I shall forgive their guilt and never more call their
sin to mind.'
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 51:3-4, 12-13,
14-15
3 For I am well aware
of my offences, my sin is constantly in mind.
4 Against you, you
alone, I have sinned, I have done what you see to be wrong, that you may show
your saving justice when you pass sentence, and your victory may appear when
you give judgement,
12 Give me back the joy
of your salvation, sustain in me a generous spirit.
13 I shall teach the
wicked your paths, and sinners will return to you.
14 Deliver me from
bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will acclaim your saving
justice.
15 Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will speak out your praise.
Second Reading
Hebrews 5:7-9
7 During his life on
earth, he offered up prayer and entreaty, with loud cries and with tears, to
the one who had the power to save him from death, and, winning a hearing by his
reverence,
8 he learnt obedience,
Son though he was, through his sufferings;
9 when he had been
perfected, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
JOHN 12:20-33
20 Among those who went
up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.
21 These approached
Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, 'Sir,
we should like to see Jesus.'
22 Philip went to tell
Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus.
23 Jesus replied to
them: Now the hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
24 In all truth I tell
you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a
single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest.
25 Anyone who loves his
life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal
life.
26 Whoever serves me,
must follow me, and my servant will be with me wherever I am. If anyone serves
me, my Father will honour him.
27 Now my soul is
troubled. What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this
very reason that I have come to this hour.
28 Father, glorify your
name! A voice came from heaven, 'I have glorified it, and I will again glorify
it.'
29 The crowd standing
by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, 'It was an
angel speaking to him.'
30 Jesus answered, 'It
was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.
31 'Now sentence is
being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be driven out.
32 And when I am lifted
up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself.'
33 By these words he
indicated the kind of death he would die.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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