Preaching Pro Life on the 5th Sunday of Lent, Cycle C. Is 43:16-21 Phil 3:8-14 Jn 8:1-11 Video with preaching tips “See, I am doing something new,” the Lord declares today through the Prophet Isaiah.…More
Preaching Pro Life on the 5th Sunday of Lent, Cycle C.
Is 43:16-21 Phil 3:8-14 Jn 8:1-11 Video with preaching tips “See, I am doing something new,” the Lord declares today through the Prophet Isaiah. That is what we proclaim to the world as we build the Culture of Life, and that is what Lent prepares us for. “By your gracious gift each year, your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts with the joy of minds made pure.” (Preface 1 of Lent). The paschal mystery renews the world, and ushers in the new humanity, built on Christ and reconciled with God. That is the source of the Culture of Life. The error of excluding entire segments of the human family, like the unborn, from personhood and protection, is an error that is old. It crops up throughout human history, and leads to genocide, holocausts, various forms of slavery, segregation and oppression. But Christ makes all things new. As today’s Gospel passage reveals, he does not condemn us, but reveals to us the mercy that flows from his …More
Is 43:16-21 Phil 3:8-14 Jn 8:1-11 Video with preaching tips “See, I am doing something new,” the Lord declares today through the Prophet Isaiah. That is what we proclaim to the world as we build the Culture of Life, and that is what Lent prepares us for. “By your gracious gift each year, your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts with the joy of minds made pure.” (Preface 1 of Lent). The paschal mystery renews the world, and ushers in the new humanity, built on Christ and reconciled with God. That is the source of the Culture of Life. The error of excluding entire segments of the human family, like the unborn, from personhood and protection, is an error that is old. It crops up throughout human history, and leads to genocide, holocausts, various forms of slavery, segregation and oppression. But Christ makes all things new. As today’s Gospel passage reveals, he does not condemn us, but reveals to us the mercy that flows from his …More
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THIS is what the Year of Mercy can proclaim! It's repentance that brings mercy. "Mercy is not permission to return to the old evils, but rather admission into a new life where we actually rise above the strength of evil and temptation and live in a way that, maybe before, we thought was impossible."