{"id":17376,"date":"2023-03-24T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/?p=17376"},"modified":"2023-03-24T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:26:16","slug":"parish-newsletter-for-5th-sunday-of-lent-26th-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/parish-newsletter-for-5th-sunday-of-lent-26th-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish Newsletter for 5th Sunday of Lent 26th March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #621da8;\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17378 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5th-Sunday-of-Lent-Year-A-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5th-Sunday-of-Lent-Year-A-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5th-Sunday-of-Lent-Year-A.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/>Fifth Sunday of Lent &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The Gospel of the Fifth Sunday is perhaps the deepest meditation on the mystery of Baptism and membership of the Church. It is a prelude to the events of Easter Sunday, when we celebrate the triumph of life over death. To be plunged into the waters of baptism is to be buried with Christ, only to rise with him from the waters. This paradox of life and death is the content of today&#8217;s readings. There is no more important part of our faith that the resurrection: that Christ rose from the dead is the very centre and heart of all that we believe &#8211; without it, our faith is useless. In the same way our belief in our own resurrection is vital: it is the most deeply needed gift that Christ gives us. This is why the climax of the instructions given to candidates for Baptism was this teaching: that Christ would give them life after death. Look ahead to the 3rd Sunday of Easter, where Saint Peter preaches to the crowds what he teaches them is that life comes after death, as it did for Lazarus, and for Christ himself.<\/p>\n<p>To view and download a copy of the Weekly Newsletter click <a href=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/03\/260323 5ALent.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view and download a copy of the Prayers of the Faithful click <a href=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/260323 5ALentBidding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make a donation click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygivinghub.com\/detailed\/donate?charity_id=1086324&amp;type=2&amp;reference=Y18&amp;amount=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth Sunday of Lent &#8211; The Gospel of the Fifth Sunday is perhaps the deepest meditation on the mystery of Baptism and membership of the Church. It is a prelude&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-read-more btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/parish-newsletter-for-5th-sunday-of-lent-26th-march-2023\/\" title=\"ReadParish Newsletter for 5th Sunday of Lent 26th March 2023\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17379,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17376\/revisions\/17379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}