Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, March 18 2018

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Fifth Sunday of Lent

1. Reading

Book of Jeremiah

31,31-34.

]The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
]It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they broke my covenant and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD.
]But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
]No longer will they have need to teach their friends and kinsmen how to know the LORD. All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.

Psalm

Psalms

51(50),3-4.12-13.14-15.

]Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
]Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
]A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
]Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
]Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
]I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners shall return to you.  

2. Reading

Letter to the Hebrews

5,7-9.

]In the days when Christ Jesus was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
]Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;
]and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

12,20-33.

]Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the feast.
]They 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.
]Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.
]Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me."
]I am troubled now. Yet what should I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour.
]Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it and will glorify it again."
]The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; but others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
]Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.
]Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.
]And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."
]He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem(Doctor of the Church († 386))

SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEMBishop and Doctor of the Church( 386) Saint Cyril was born in or near Jerusalem circa 315. He was ordained by St. Maximus, prepared candidates for baptism and catechized for several years. He composed instructions for catechism and wrote them in Mount Calvary's chapel in 347 or 348. His instructions are one of the earliest teachings on the creed and the sacraments. The Didache predates them with its teachings on the Eucharist. St. Cyril was consecrated bishop of Jerusalem after St. Maximus. At the beginning of his episcopate, a cross was seen in the air reaching from Mount Calvary to Mount Olivet. The apparition calls to mind Our Lady's appearances in Portugal, Mexico and others. The apparition was noted in Pope Cyril's correspondence with the emperor. When the apostate Julian resolved to rebuild Jerusalem's Temple Mount, he employed the empire's resources. However, a secular writer tells us that flames leapt from the earth and rendered the place inaccessible to workers. Repeated attempts were made, but the Temple Mount was never rebuilt. Julian later perished during a war against the Persians. St. Cyril was persecuted and repeatedly banished from his see. When the Arian emperor Valens passed away, he returned. He also presided at the Second General Council in Constantinople: held to confirm Catholic succession amidst multiple heretical bishops. St. Cyril passed away peacefully in 386 after an episcopate of 35 years.

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