Category: Catholic Mass

“O Lord, since you are true God you knew about Lazarus’s sleep and had made it known to your disciples… Since you are true man, who nevertheless are without limit, you came to Bethany. True man, you wept upon Lazarus; true God, you raised, by your will, this man who had been dead for four days. O Lord, have mercy

“In today’s Gospel, we hear the story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead. The story marks a significant turning point in the ministry of Jesus: it is because of this incident that the Temple leadership in Jerusalem resolves to have Jesus killed. … As is proper with all the Gospel accounts, we must not see this as merely