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Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent - 2018
How do you react when unexpected visitors show up at your doorstep? Add to that, you have had a crushingly busy day. The commute home was a bear. You barely had time to scarf down dinner because you were planning on working on your taxes this evening. Ding-dong! Seems to me this is the kind of day that Jesus was having. He must have been teaching and healing, the Jewish festival with all its preparations was at hand, and there is the looming threat of the civil and religious leaders who are out to silence him. Ding-dong! Two Greek visitors arrive unannounced. They ask: We wish to see Jesus. Philip goes to Andrew. And Andrew and Philip announce this to Jesus. What is Jesus's response? Jesus says: The hour has come, the jig is up, it's time to act. Saint John goes on writing his gospel about a seed falling to the ground and dying to give new life. John points the rest of the story toward the crucified death of Jesus so that Jesus and all follow him will experien
