SUNDAY REFLECTIONS

A Life Well-Lived

17th March 2024 ( Fifth Sunday of Lent Year B )

[ Jeremiah 31:31-34 , Hebrews 5:7-9 , John 12:20-33 ]

In John’s Gospel, the “hour” of Jesus is mentioned seventeen times. The "hour" of Christ is first and foremost the appointed time of his Passion, which in John, as in all the Gospels, is the climactic phase of his mission. Christ’s hour also has a liturgical aspect. It is where He will speak to us all again and again in the Liturgy of the Word in the Scriptures awakening souls who are deadened in sin. The hour also alludes to how a planted seed must decay before it sprouts new life, thus bringing in a harvest of believers from every nation to adore the Lord really and truly present in the Eucharist. This was recognized in the early Church where the hour didn’t just refer to Jesus’ Passion and death but also the re-presentation of the Passion in the Eucharistic celebration. Indeed, when we look at Christ’s Passion and hour we cannot help but submit ourselves in humble adoration in imitation of a life well-lived.

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