Jesus raises his friend Lazarus from the dead. This Sunday's Gospel calls us to reflect on some very important issues. The story of Jesus and Martha and Mary and their brother Lazarus begs us to inspect our ideas about Jesus' humanity as the story outlines his greatest showing of his divine power.
I've always been fascinated by the details that John includes in this story that illustrate the tremendous humanity of Jesus. These include the wonderful two-word phrase that shows so poignantly the humanity of Jesus: "Jesus wept".....at the news of the death of his friend Lazarus.
Perhaps we're being called to reflect upon the ways that we incorporate both the human and divine aspects of our own lives in these last days of Lent. These last, intense days of Lent call us to reflect upon our own existence as human creatures formed in God's divine image; as sinners redeemed by our share in the baptism into Christ that redeems us all by his divine blood.
Let's pray that Jesus will raise us all beyond our various "tombs" into life with him forever.
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