Fifth Sunday of Lent
Anniversary of John Paul II�s death.

Reading of the Gospel

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

Yesterday, I was buried with Christ; 
today I rise with you who are risen,
With you I was crucified: 
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

John 12, 20-33

Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.
These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, 'Sir, we should like to see Jesus.'
Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus.
Jesus replied to them: Now the hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest.
Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Whoever serves me, must follow me, and my servant will be with me wherever I am. If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this very reason that I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name! A voice came from heaven, 'I have glorified it, and I will again glorify it.'
The crowd standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, 'It was an angel speaking to him.'
Jesus answered, 'It was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.
'Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be driven out.
And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself.'
By these words he indicated the kind of death he would die.

 

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory

Yesterday, I was buried with Christ; 
today I rise with you who are risen,
With you I was crucified: 
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.

Praise to you, o Lord, King of eternal glory