3rd Scrutiny

3rd Scrutiny - on the 5th Sunday of Lent

Focus: We have new life in Christ. Jesus saves us from death so that we may have abundant life.

Scripture: The Raising of Lazarus (John 11:1-44)

Guide for the 3rd Scrutiny

When: 5th Sunday of Lent

RCIA Book: 174-180

"Father of life and God not of the dead but of the living, you sent your Son to proclaim life, to snatch us from the realm of death, and to lead us to the resurrection.

Free these elect from the death-dealing power of the spirit of evil, so that they may bear witness to their new life in the risen Christ..." -RCIA, 178

Presentation of the Our Father

The elect are presented with the Lord's Prayer which reminds them of the gift they will receive at baptism to call God "Father" as his adopted children.

When: The fifth week of Lent. After the 1st Scrutiny. It can be during a week day Mass.

RCIA Book: 134-136, 165-171

"Let us pray for these elect, that God in his mercy may make them responsive to his love, so that through the waters of rebirth they may receive pardon for their sins and have life in Christ Jesus our Lord." -RCIA, 169