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5 th Sunday ofLent Year A
<strong>Lectio</strong> <strong>Divina</strong> Praying the Scriptures in Lent and Holy Week 2011 Year AWe are now only a week away from Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week, themost signifi cant week in the Christian calendar. Have you done anything differentover the last month or so in preparation for Jesus’ death and resurrection?In the Gospel this week, we hear of Lazarus. We probably have heard or readthe story many times, and we know that Jesus brought Lazarus back to life.Was this just another miracle Jesus performed, or does it tell us a lot moreabout the person of Jesus and the relationship he had with his Father?It is interesting to note that when Jesus answered Mary and Martha’s callto come to Lazarus – he did not attend to them straight away – he tookhis own time. Why did he not come straight away? Here, Jesus showshis authority of life over death. It is interesting to note the parallel withJesus’ fi rst public miracle, at the wedding at Cana. He tells his motherthat “My hour has not yet come”. Jesus is showing us that he is followinghis Father’s plan – everything happens at the appropriate time.This miracle is powerful as a sign that Jesus is God, by bringing Lazarus backto life. If we look further into John’s Gospel, because Jesus performed thismiracle, Caiaphas, the High Priest, instigated the death of Jesus (11:53)We also hear Jesus saying to Martha that “I am the resurrection and thelife.” He is the Son of God. Martha has great faith and states that she doesbelieve in God. Jesus himself believes in God the Father and he shows thisby praying publicly to God the Father just before Lazarus comes out of thetomb – this shows his complete dependence on God the Father? At timesin our lives, it is sometimes hard to have complete dependence on God andtrust that everything will happen according to God’s timing and plan.Even though Jesus is God, he is also very much human and we still see the humanside of Him. This story with Lazarus shows Jesus crying – he is visibly upset aboutwhat has happened to Lazarus; and he knows what is about to happen to him.We can see that Mary and Martha trusted Jesus completely.It is important for us to do the same.Ezekiel 37:12-143712Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am goingto open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I willbring you back to the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord,when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. 14 I will40
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