This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, March 21st is from John 12:20-33
“Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, ‘Sir, we would like to see Jesus.’ Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.’”
“Jesus spoke often of seeds. . .Today that grain of wheat gave its life to produce much fruit. Jesus is the sower. Always he sows the seeds of faith, the seeds of the kingdom, the seed that is his very life so that they will bear as much rich fruit as the world can sustain. The Christ who is in us, with his mission imprinted upon our hearts, needs us to be the sowers now.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Spring 2021
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; John 8:1-11
Tuesday Num 21:4-9; John 8:21-30
Wednesday Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; John 8:31-42
Thursday Isa 7:10-14; 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38
The Annunciation of the Lord (Solemnity) – “This feast celebrates the wondrous event that binds God and humanity forever. Christ, the Word who becomes the Son of Mary, is enfleshed in her womb, making Mary the Mother of God. The liturgy celebrates the beginning of God’s new redemptive work and recognizes Mary as the ‘new Eve,’ the obedient and faithful woman who agreed to be a participant in God’s plan of salvation.”
Friday Jer 20:10-13; John 10:31-42
Saturday Ezek 37:21-28; John 11:45-56
SOURCE: Living With Christ, March 2021