Daily Reading for Sunday, March 18th, 2018

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15

³ For I am well aware of my offences, my sin is constantly in mind.

⁴ Against you, you alone, I have sinned, I have done what you see to be wrong, that you may show your saving justice when you pass sentence, and your victory may appear when you give judgement,

¹² Give me back the joy of your salvation, sustain in me a generous spirit.

¹³ I shall teach the wicked your paths, and sinners will return to you.

¹⁴ Deliver me from bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will acclaim your saving justice.

¹⁵ Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will speak out your praise.

Gospel, John 12:20-33

²⁰ Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.

²¹ These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, 'Sir, we should like to see Jesus.'

²² Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus.

²³ Jesus replied to them: Now the hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.

²⁴ In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest.

²⁵ Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

²⁶ Whoever serves me, must follow me, and my servant will be with me wherever I am. If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

²⁷ Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this very reason that I have come to this hour.

²⁸ Father, glorify your name! A voice came from heaven, 'I have glorified it, and I will again glorify it.'

²⁹ The crowd standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, 'It was an angel speaking to him.'

³⁰ Jesus answered, 'It was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.

³¹ 'Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be driven out.

³² And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself.'

³³ By these words he indicated the kind of death he would die.