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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Taking Back What the Devil Stole from Me – A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent” – Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope

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“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 an historical happening of some two thousand years ago. Rather, we must recall that we are Lazarus; we are Martha and Mary. This is also the story of how Jesus is acting in our life. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “During Lent, ask God why He weeps, Pope suggests” – CNS/Catholic Philly

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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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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “In raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus prepares us for His own Resurrection” – Catholic Philly/ Msgr. Joseph Prior

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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 dying. When Jesus received the message he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified through it” (John 11:4). He thus delays his departure for two days. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Pope tells Christians to be witnesses of life and hope” – NewsVa

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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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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Homily – Fifth Sunday of Lent 2014 – Fr. Gabriel/ St. Anselm’s Abbey

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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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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Lent in a New Light [Re: Mercy]” – Marcellino D’Ambrosio/ American Catholic/ Franciscan Media

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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 never condescending …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “At Lazarus’ Tomb: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday of Lent” – St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

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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 sin. Faith is the key. If we believe as Martha does in today’s Gospel—that Jesus is the resurrection and the life—even if we die, we will live.”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Fifth Sunday of Lent 4.2.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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 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. So Jesus said to them, ‘Untie him and let him go.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent 3.30.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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 remaining in you,
because you do not believe in the One Whom He has sent.
You search the Scriptures,
because you think you have Eternal Life through them;
even they testify on My behalf.
But you do not want to come to Me to have Life.
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if you had believed Moses,
you would have believed Me,
because he wrote about Me.
But if you do not believe his writings,
how will you believe My Words?'”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: #Catholic #Mass #Readings: Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent 3.29.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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 have done good deeds
to the Resurrection of Life,
but those who have done wicked deeds
to the resurrection of condemnation.

‘I cannot do anything on my own;
I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just,
because I do not seek my own will
but the will of the one who sent me.'”

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