Fr David Barnes: "Today we begin Passiontide, we begin our final preparation to celebrate the paschal mystery, which is the crown of Christ's saving work, saving us because it saves us from our destructiveness, sets us free from destructiveness of sin which has the consequence of death. And in the paschal mystery, the great Easter mystery, Christ overcomes that power of destructiveness, that power of sin the consequence of which is death. Yes, it's hard to understand and yet our Lord in the Gospel gives us an image to help us, it's an image of a seed of the wheat grain and he says: 'I tell you most solemnly unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies it remains a single grain but if it dies it yields a rich harvest.' That image of the seed helps us understand the paschal mystery: the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord. It's God's way of showing us His power and His love for us. It's the way in which God makes Himself known above every other way." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.