It is the fifth Sunday of Lent and today’s gospel reading is quite long. It comes from John 11:1-45 on Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

The Lazarus miracle also teaches us the total power Jesus has over his creation. He raises a man who has been in the tomb for four days, such that onlookers expect “a stench” from the corpse.

Today’s gospel is about a story that all Christians know by heart, that it was one of the greatest miracles our Lord Jesus Christ did during his Galilean ministry. If you read your Bible ...

Note that the text says Jesus delayed because he loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus. This, of course, is paradoxical, because we expect love to make one rush to the aid of the afflicted.

As expected, Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead was the talk of the town. However, when the news reached the Jewish rulers in Jerusalem, they were unnerved for a good reason: ...

Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead just weeks before His own death and resurrection played a pivotal part of Holy Week. All of Jerusalem was electrified by the news of Lazarus being raised from ...

Jesus hears of the illness and death of his friend, Lazarus, then raises him from the dead. In this episode, we walk with Jesus as he journeys to the home of Martha and Mary.

This is Italian artist Giotto di Bondone’s depiction of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in one of Jesus’ last miracles before he was crucified. Di Bondone lived from 1267-1337.

Duccio’s “The Raising of Lazarus” is a storytelling masterpiece. Franklin sings of how Lazarus, a follower of Jesus, had died while Jesus was away.