March 21, 2021: Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
The antiphon comes directly from Jesus’s words in this Sunday’s Gospel:
…unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat… (John 12:24)
The Collegeville Composers, following a suggestion in the 1998 Antiphonal, provided verses from Psalm 126, with its references to seed for the sowing, etc.
Listen to a sample recording of this setting below:
Those celebrating the Scrutinies will use the Year A antiphon:
The antiphon is taken directly from Jesus’s words in the Year A Gospel:
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” (John 11:25-26)
Word-painting to depict eternal life will be found in the repetition of the words “never die”.
Two options for verses are provided, with extracts from John 12 or Psalm 34.
Listen to a sample recording of this setting below:
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