April 3, 2022 | 10:45 a.m.
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
The next word is the Jesus dying word, a word of committal, a word of trust. His dying words are faithful, full of trust in His Father, trusting that in His death His Father will receive Him in loving arms just as the father of the prodigal received his son with open and welcoming arms. Here again is the paradox of faith. Jesus had cried out in abandonment, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” and yet now He cries out in faith, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!”
READINGS
Psalm 31:1-5
Amos 8:7-10
1 Peter 2:18-25
Luke 23:44-49
message presented by Rev. Frank C. Ruffatto