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Hey there, Sprouds. Today is Tuesday, March 31st, 2020. This week on the Catholic Sprouts

podcast, we are talking about the virtue of zeal for the mission and the sin that is the

opposite of it, which is sloth, which is when we give

into laziness, especially when it comes to things like prayer and learning about our faith.

Now, today we have another great saint to talk about, which is another great example of refusing

to be lazy, but instead embracing the work that God gave him. But first,

we're going to look at Jesus on the cross. Remember, we are still in Lent, and our eyes should

really be fixed on the events that happen during Holy Week. Most specifically, Jesus carrying

his cross through the streets of Jerusalem and him dying, and we

should listen to those words that he says to us as he dies.

We have been looking at a different phrase that Jesus said each week of Lent, and this week

we are going to look at another one.

Right before Jesus died, he said these words.

He said, it is finished.

It is finished.

Now, in some accounts of the gospel, he says, it is finished, and then he bows his head and dies. Now, maybe you've heard that

so many times that it doesn't really seem that remarkable, but I want you to think for a second of

the other things that Jesus could have said instead of it is finished. For example, he could have said, now I die or something like that, or I am dying.

But he didn't. He said it is finished. Now, when do we say things like that? It is finished.

Now, we usually say that after we have accomplished some work.

After we're done with our homework, or we finish cleaning our room, or we have done

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