We have arrived at the third Sunday of Lent with beautiful readings that kind of capture everything we've been building up to through the readings of this week's masses, where we are speaking about the Old Testament Israel becoming the new spiritual Israel, the chosen people of God from every nation, from every tongue, from every creed, anyone who has received Jesus, the gift of the Father who so loved the world that he sends his only Son into the world. And by so doing, one has not only received eternal—or the possibility of eternal—life, but affiliation to the Church, God's kingdom on earth, the new chosen people of God.