Third Sunday of Lent, Year C

Send us Fan MailSunday, 23 March 2025Third Sunday of Lent, Year C Antiphons on p. 243 and Readings on p. 250 of the Daily Missal and on p. 813 of the Sunday Missal.First Reading: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15In those days:  Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro,  the priest of Midian;  and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness,  and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire  out of the midst of a bush,  and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning,  yet it was not consumed.  And Moses said,  “I will turn aside and see this great sight,  why the bush is not burnt.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see,  God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here am I.” Then he said, “Do not come near;  put off your shoes from your feet,  for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”  And he said, “I am the God of your father,  the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”  And Moses hid his face,  for he was afraid to look at God. Then the Lord said,  “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt  and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters;  I know their sufferings,  and I have come down to deliver them  out of the hand of the Egyptians,  and to bring them up out of that land  to a good and broad land, a land  flowing with milk and honey.” Then Moses said to God,  “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them,  ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’  and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’  what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”  And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel,  ‘I am has sent me to you.’”  God also said to Moses,  “Say this to the people of Israel,  ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors,  the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,  has sent me to you’:  this is my name forever,  and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8 and 11 (R. 8a)R/. The Lord is compassionate and gracious.Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits.It is the Lord who forgives all your sins, who heals every one of your ills, who redeems your life from the grave, who crowns you with mercy and compassion,The Lord does just deeds, gives full justice to all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, and his deeds to the children of Israel.The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in mercy. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so strong his mercy for those who fear him.R/. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12Gospel: Luke 13:1-9There were some present at that very time  who told Jesus of the Galileans  whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.  And he answered them,  “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners  than all the other Galileans, because they suffered thus?  I tell you, No;  but unless you repent you will all likewise pe