SERMON/HOMILY FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B 17TH MARCH 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B 17TH MARCH 2024 Jer.31:31-34; Ps.51; Heb.5:7-9; John 12:20-33 “ _If anyone serves me, he must follow me_ ” (John 12:26) Having a Sacrificial Disposition! We are drawing very close to the peak of the events leading to Jesus’ crucifixion. These events are not meant to entertain us but enliven us. The story of the crucifixion is a story that is relived everyday with each one of us playing different roles. We may not know if we are the Judas or Pilate, Peter, Nichodemus, Simon of Cyrene of today or any other actor until we fully plunge ourselves into what happens in the liturgy henceforth up until Easter Sunday. For today, the liturgy invites us to a life of sacrifice. Of course, the starting point to embracing the life of Christ and not being part of Jesus’ executors is having a proper and full disposition towards life of sacrifice. If we lack this disposition, we will never sacrifice anything; and the extent to which we are so disposed, i...