Jeremiah's New Covenant Prophecy and the Coming of Jesus' Sacrificial Hour: Podcast on the Sunday Readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent (3/25/12)

This podcast is devoted to the readings for the Fifth Week of Lent. I was honored to be joined in this podcast by John Bergsma. John is also the guest for the soon to be released next extended podcast in which we talk about the role of Scripture in Catholic Theology.

The readings this Sunday take us through Jeremiah 31, one of the most important prophecies in the Old Testament. The Gospel is taken from John 12.

During the podcast I talk a bit about the motif of the hour in John. Here I drew a bit from Scott Hahn's fine work.

On the Hour in John

1. Linked with his death (John 7:30; 8:20)
2. Further spiritual associations
1. Linked with giving miraculous wine (John 2:3–4)
2. Worship in Spirit and Truth (John 4:21–24)
3. The dead hear the voice of the Son of God and will live (John 5:25–29)
4. Jesus is lifted up and draws all men, grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies (John 12:20–24)
3. Eucharistic spirituality
1. New wine
2. Christian worship in the Spirit
3. Hear the voice of the Son and live
4. Jesus is lifted up as sacrificial Lamb of God
5. Jesus as grain of wheat: Eucharistic bread
6. Draws all to himself—Jews and Greeks

See Scott Hahn, Scripture Matters: Essays on Reading the Bible from the Heart of the Church (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2003), 105–118.

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