This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, March 26th is from John 11:1-45.
“And Jesus raised his eyes and said, ‘Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.’ And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth…Now many of the Jews who had…seen what he had done began to believe in him.”
Reflection: “The first voice Lazarus hears when his life is restored is Jesus calling him to come out of the tomb. When we turn away from God, when we turn away from our neighbor in need, we find ourselves in a spiritual death, entering the tomb that separates us from God. Jesus is always calling us forth, back to the land of the living. Let us listen, let us respond, and let the Spirit dwelling in us guide us to life in the Lord. If we have Jesus within us and Jesus is indeed the resurrection and the life, then we have the resurrection and the life within us.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Spring 2023
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; John 8:1-11
Tuesday Numbers 21:4-9; John 8:21-30
Wednesday Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; John 8:31-42
Thursday Genesis 17:3-9; John 8:51-59
Friday Jeremiah 20:10-13; John 10:31-42
Saturday Ezekiel 37:21-28; John 11:45-56
SOURCE: Living With Christ, March 2023
“For every Christian, the proclamation and witnessing
of the Gospel are never an isolated act.” —Pope Francis