Sunday, April 2, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A). Mass Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalms 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33-45 Today’s Gospel reading about the raising ...

It is the fifth Sunday of Lent and today’s gospel reading is quite long. It comes from John 11:1-45 on Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. “11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, ...

Jesus hears of the illness and death of his friend, Lazarus, then raises him from the dead. In this episode, we walk with Jesus as he journeys to the home of Martha and Mary. Go with him to the tomb ...

As previously noted, the Gospels of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can always use the “scrutiny readings” — the readings for preparing catechumens for Easter Baptism — which happen also ...

This is Italian artist Giotto di Bondone’s depiction of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in one of Jesus’ last miracles before he was crucified. Di Bondone lived from 1267-1337. (Courtesy Photo) ...

Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead just weeks before His own death and resurrection played a pivotal part of Holy Week. All of Jerusalem was electrified by the news of Lazarus being raised from the ...

“Jesus raises Lazarus," from the Jesus MAFA Project at Vanderbilt Divinity School This article is excerpted from Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle (HarperOne). “It’s a big thing,” ...

The raising of Lazarus in this gospel marks a crucial point in John’s narrative. Theologically, it’s the last and most explicit of the so-called ‘signs’ that John speaks of throughout his gospel. The ...

The gospel of John is one of my favourites of the bible. It is thought that John the disciple was one of the youngest of the 12 and possibly a cousin of Jesus, and therefore greatly loved by him. Did ...