April 10th, 2011
Today’s gospel tells of the wonderful event of Jesus calling his friend Lazarus back to life. In John’s recounting of this wondrous event there are certain phrases that tell of the close friendship Jesus had with Lazarus, Mary and Martha. Jesus gets the news, “He whom you love is ill;” the message being, come quickly. When Jesus does make his way to Bethany Lazarus is already dead. Jesus is greeted with a rebuke from Lazarus’ sisters, “if you had been here my brother would not have died.” In other words, ‘where were you when we needed you?’ Jesus asked to be taken to the grave and on his way Jesus weeps; he joined his tears to those of Mary and Martha, he enters into their grief. When they get to the tomb Jesus makes a strange request, “take the stone away.” We can imagine the surprise of family and friends. Why would anyone want to open a tomb when it was already filled with the stench of corruption? But Lazarus’ friends do what they are told and roll the stone away. Jesus stands before the open hole and calls. “Lazarus come out.” To the amazement and wonder of all the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, his face wrapped with a cloth. Then we heard the final words of Jesus, ‘unbind him and let him go’.
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In this week’s bulletin, the remembrance meal of the Passover, the service of Tenebrae and the Society for St. Vincent de Paul urgently needs a crib.
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April 6th, 2011
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April 3rd, 2011
Today’s gospel tells of another one of Jesus’ great acts of kindness. Imagine being blind from birth. We’d have no sense of color, no idea of the beauty of the world around us, no idea of what our loved ones looked like, no idea of how we looked. What a shock this blind man must have had when sight shattered his darkness and for the first time he saw. He saw the sun, the sky, he saw his parents, and he could put faces to the voices he’d been hearing for years. He saw the temple.
In this week’s bulletin, the Passover remembrance meal and the National Catholic Mission returns.
Founded by St. Paul of the Cross, every Passionist takes a special vow to spend his or her energies in promoting remembrance of the sufferings of Jesus, the memory of the Cross, and reflection of the meaning of the Cross for the world.
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Companion for the Walk of the Stations of the Cosmic Earth
St. Gabriel’s Garden – Guided Sensory Reflective Walk
