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Dear Parishioners,

The Third Sunday of Lent's readings speak to us about how er are called to live so others will know that we are a people with whom God has made a covenant. Today we hear about the third covenant in as many Sundays. Two weeks ago we heard about the covenant with Noah and the rainbow that signifies that God will never give up on humanity.  Last week we heard about the covenant with Abraham our Father in Faith who becomes the father of many nations. This week we hear about the Covenant with Moses and the people of Isreal who God has freed from slavery in Egypt. God gives us the Ten Commandments as a way to live in response to God's goodness. By living in this way everyone will know we are people of God. 

In the Gospel, Jesus speaks about the new covenant and that he is the Temple of God. The temple holds a place of honour with the Jewish people. The synagogues were places of prayer and study but the Temple is where sacrifices were offered for the expiation of sin. Jesus makes it clear he is the new Temple who takes away the sins of the world. 

Just as the drainage system of the Temple for the blood of the lambs of sacrifice mixed with the flowing spring on Mount Zion and flowed out of the side of the temple; so blood and water would flow from the side of Christ as hung upon the cross. He offered the one true sacrifice that reconciled all of humanity to God. 

The water symbolizes the cleansing of sin in baptism and blood that symbolizes the Eucharist that nourishes and strengthens us. 

As we journey through Lent to Easter let us long to be the temple of Christ, glorifying God by the way we live our lives. 

Let us continue to pray for each other and with each other as we share the message of God's Divine Mercy during the Season of Lent. 

I remember you and your families in my Masses.

Fr. Gerard Monaghan