Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
April 6, 2025
University Catholic Center of University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Isaiah 43:16-21
Psalm 126:1-2,2-3, 4-5, 6
Philippians 3:8-14
John 8:1-11
Pope Francis in bringing to conclusion the extraordinary Jubilee year of Mercy in 2016 entitled his apostolic letter with that very phrase — Miseria et Misericordia — thus highlighting the interpretation that Saint Augustine gave to this seminal passage of the Scriptures. The Holy Father wrote: “It would be difficult to imagine a more beautiful or apt way of expressing the mystery of God’s love when it touches the sinner: ‘the two of them alone remained: mercy with misery.’ What great mercy and divine justice shine forth in this narrative!”
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