In addition on this weeks blog post we have our regular links to this weeks Sunday gospel as well as this weeks liturgical odds & ends.
You can listen to the podcast of this weeks full programme HERE.
Exploring Scripture
For many Catholics in particular often the only exposure we have to scripture is in the readings proclaimed during liturgies that we attend. It is something which in an ecumenical sense our brothers and sisters in the reformed/protestant tradition can share with us to rediscover a more intimate relationship with scripture.
You can listen to the reflection on the Old Testament HERE.
You can listen to the reflection on the New Testament HERE.
Gospel - John 11:1-45
John Swanson - Take away the Stone
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 Maryand seen what he had done began to believe in him.Reflections on this weeks gospel:
Word on Fire
Centre for Liturgy
English Dominicans
Sunday Reflections
WomenPreach
S+L - What does God do about evil?
Liturgical odds & ends
Liturgy of the Hours: Psalter week 1, 5th week of Lent
Saints of the Week
April 3rd - St Richard
April 4th - St Isidore of Seville
April 5th - St Vincent Ferrer
April 6th - St Paul Tinh
April 7th - St John Baptist de la Salle (First Friday)
April 8th - St Dionysius (First Saturday)
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