Sunday, March 13, 2016 - Fifth Sunday in Lent
Is. 42:16-21; Ps. 126; Phil. 3:4b-14; John 12-:1-8
Gospel Acclamation: Forgetting what lies behind and
straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize
of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13-14)
"Knowing that, just
because we are mortals, we might easily forget our mortality, the Church on the
first day of Lent, signs our foreheads with symbolic ashes: Remember
that, whether you like it or not, thou
art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return. However
opportune such a reminder might be, it is not what I wish to insist upon now. I
prefer to stress the marvelous grandeur to which we are all called: Dust,
remember that thou art splendor! In this frail
envelope of our body is enclosed a great marvel. I am not referring to the
marvel of our soul only, but more especially to the life that God designs to
live in each of us…"
Raoul Plus (1882-1958), Dust Remember Thou Art Splendor
· Listen to movements 6-10 of J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion, which
portray Matthew's version of the anointing of Jesus at Bethany.
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