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How does the manner of Jesus of Nazareth's death fulfill the Old Testament revelation and complete it? Listen to this week's Oro Valley Catholic. Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040223.cfm

"Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” John 11

As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:1 ff

Lots of discussion lately about changes in the Mass from Latin to English. Listen to a priest who lived through it all, Fr. Al Laubenthal of the Archdiocese of Cleveland. A seminary rector, a parish priest and a child of the Church before the Second Vatican Council. Take a step back and listen to someone who lived through all the changes of the last 85 years.

"“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4

The LORD said to Abram: "Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you. "I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you." Gen. 12:1