by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“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
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“… Sin leads people to be unsatisfied with what God has done for them and go looking for other idols and other gods, the pope said. The Israelites who made the golden calf — the subject of the day’s first reading from Exodus — were not an exception. …”
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“‘I am the Resurrection and the Life,’ Jesus says in the Gospel passage for today’s liturgy (John 11:25). He says this in a conversation with Martha, the sister of Lazarus and Mary. Jesus was a friend of the three siblings. Now Lazarus has died. The sisters had sent for Jesus so that he might heal Lazarus and prevent him from
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“Pope Francis on Sunday told the faithful not to remain trapped in the rubble of life, but to rise from the rubble and rebuild their lives with the help of God. …”
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“… A key to the story is love. This is a trite thing to say. But love is what makes us human: receiving it, allowing it to shape our personalities, passing it on in significant relationships–or enduring the loneliness when the kind of love we want is absent or no longer there. …”
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“Here are seven tips about the works of mercy: 1) Mercy is for everyone. … 2) Mercy relieves suffering, and there are different kinds of suffering. … 3) Charity begins at home … 4) Charity can’t end at home … 5) Mercy is not always convenient … 6) Charity is not the same as social work … 7) Mercy is
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“By His Resurrection Jesus has fulfilled Ezekiel’s promise in today’s First Reading. He has opened the graves that we may rise, put His Spirit in us that we may live. This is the Spirit that Paul writes of in today’s Epistle. The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead will give life to we who were once dead in
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“Jesus told her, ‘I AM the Resurrection and the Life; whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. … 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
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“… I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave Me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on My behalf that the Father has sent Me. Moreover, the Father who sent Me has testified on My behalf. But you have never heard His Voice nor seen His Form, and you do not have His Word
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“… just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son the possession of life in Himself. And He gave Him Power to exercise judgment, because He is the Son of Man. … the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear His Voice and will come out, those who
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