5th Sunday in Lent
a reflection on John 12:20-33
Lent has become a forgotten language; a native tongue from which we are estranged. It is a story we cannot, for the life of us, remember. All of its mystery and much of its passion escape us, leaving us ill-prepared for the events of the Week to come.
Unless…
Do you wish to see? / Are you willing to hear? / Would you be set free and would you be led? / Beyond yourself / From all you knew / Into the wilderness / Through death to enter life
a grain of wheat…
Yesterday’s harvest / The seed and secret of our tomorrows / Filled with the promise of abundance / Trusting in its purpose / Waiting patiently on the Son and the Reign
falls into the earth and dies…
It is not the end that we fear / It is the beginning of something new / It is not the death of a grain of wheat that Jesus finds tragic / It is the grain of wheat that does not fall into the earth / Forever unchanged, unfailing and unfruitful
it remains just a single grain.
“But if it dies…” These are the sounds of repentance. This is the song of our long journey home. O Great Mystery! Wash over us, Passiontide and flood. Open the city gates and unbar your hearts! Make straight the paths of the Lord and He shall meet you upon the Way.
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I always feel a little bit of pride when I see you as the author of what is printed on the back of our bulletins at church. Keep it up, you have a talent. --J
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