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Today's Readings
Reading I
Ez 37:12-14
Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and
have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and
have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you
that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you
shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it,
says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice! Let
your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication. R. With the
Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. If you, O LORD,
mark iniquities, LORD, who can stand? But with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered. R. With the Lord there is mercy and
fullness of redemption. I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in
his word. More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for
the LORD. R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of
redemption. For with the LORD is kindness and with him is
plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all their
iniquities. R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of
redemption.
Reading II
Rom 8:8-11
Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the
spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not
have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is
in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is
alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from
the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his
Spirit dwelling in you.
Gospel
Jn 11:1-45
or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her
sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with
perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother
Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.” hen Jesus heard this he said,
“This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God,
that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved
Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill,
he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this
he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” The disciples
said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you
want to go back there?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours
in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because
he sees the light of this world. But if one walks at night, he
stumbles, because the light is not in him.” He said this, and then
told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken
him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep, he
will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they
thought that he meant ordinary sleep. So then Jesus said to them
clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not
there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas,
called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go
to die with him.” When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus
had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near
Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come
to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha
heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at
home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother
would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of
God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will
rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection
on the last day.” 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. Do you believe
this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you
are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the
world.” When she had said this, she went and called her sister
Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking for you.”
As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For
Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha
had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house
comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed
her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When
Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and
said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have
died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her
weeping, he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, “Where
have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus
wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” But some of them
said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have
done something so that this man would not have died?” So
Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone
lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the
dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a
stench; he has been dead for four days.” Jesus said to her,
“Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory
of God?” So they took away the stone. 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. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done
began to believe in him.
or
The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying, “Master, the one
you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is
not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of
God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her
sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained
for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to
his disciples, +Let us go back to Judea.” When Jesus arrived,
he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but
Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever
you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your
brother will rise.” Martha said, “I know he will rise, in the
resurrection on the last day.” 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.
Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to
believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is
coming into the world.” He became perturbed and deeply
troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him,
“Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he
loved him.” But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the
eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not
have died?” So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It
was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the
stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now
there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will
see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. 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. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and
let him go.” Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and
seen what he had done began to believe in him. |
