Msgr. Charles Pope: Lenten Lesson: The Lord’s Paradoxical Plan
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By Msgr. Charles Pope, EWTN News, March 14, 2024
Msgr. Charles Pope Msgr. Charles Pope is currently a dean and pastor in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, where he has served on the Priest Council, the College of Consultors, and the Priest Personnel Board. Along with publishing a daily blog at the Archdiocese of Washington website, he has written in pastoral journals, conducted numerous retreats for priests and lay faithful, and has also conducted weekly Bible studies in the U.S. Congress and the White House. He was named a Monsignor in 2005.
User’s Guide to the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 17, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Mass readings (Year B): Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12:20-33.
To the world, the Sunday Gospel is utter madness. Christ in effect declares that dying (to this world) is the only way to true life. While the world’s so-called wisdom holds that the way to life is through power, prestige, possessions and popularity, Jesus says that in order to find true life, one must die to all that. Let’s examine the Lord’s paradoxical plan to save us and bring us to new life.
As the Gospel opens, we find a rather strange incident. The text says that some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover feast wanted to see Jesus. Upon hearing of this, Jesus answered by saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” Jesus’ apparent overreaction to the simple fact that some Greeks wish to speak to him surprises us. He goes on to say, “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.” …
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