Fifth Sunday of Lent

In the days when Christ Jesus was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.

During his life, passion, and death, Jesus offered constant prayers and supplications to His Heavenly Father and learned obedience. In a similar way, all of us are called to make our lives into living prayers to God. Our every thought, word, and work should honor and glorify God. We are asked to learn obedience from our sufferings and become more perfect in our love of God and His children. In addition, we are asked to be a source of grace for others, just as Jesus is the source of eternal salvation. We are called to bring others closer to God through our actions and thereby imitate Jesus in every way possible.

Are our lives ones of constant prayer? Have we learned obedience from our sufferings? How can we become sources of God’s Grace for all whom we meet?

O Lord, make us perfect through prayer, obedience, and patient suffering.

Amen.