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Fifth Sunday of Lent
Year B
March 17, 2024
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Coming to Pieces

Jesus says, do not worry, child, trust me. “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat ...”

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser
OMI

The Power of Helplessness

Isn’t it only when we admit our helplessness that God finally enters?

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah

The true Lord did not come to get status and power. He came to lose his life, to fall and die, like a grain of wheat. 

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Seeing Jesus

We need to have written in our hearts that we are God’s people, that we aspire to be like Christ in transforming the darkness of the world.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Weeping

Jesus spent his life alleviating the suffering of others. Is he finished with that, or does he continue to care for suffering people today?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

Covenant

we may discover a peace and a goodness

a forgiveness a gentleness and a hope

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