Reading 1
Ez 37:12-14
Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and
bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it,
says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to my voice in
supplication.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
If you, O LORD, mark iniquities, LORD, who can stand? But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in his word. More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the LORD.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
For with the LORD is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all their
iniquities.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Reading II
Rom 8:8-11
Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if
Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit
of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to
your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.
Gospel
Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had
anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.
So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” Then 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.” The disciples said to him,
“Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?” Jesus answered, “Are there
not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this
world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” He said this, and then told them,
“Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep,
he will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep.
So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may
believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.”
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near
Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them
about their brother. 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 to him, “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.”
When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking
for you.” As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village,
but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her
saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep
there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had
been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with
her weeping, 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 Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
Ez 37:12-14
Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and
bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it,
says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to my voice in
supplication.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
If you, O LORD, mark iniquities, LORD, who can stand? But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in his word. More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the LORD.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
For with the LORD is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all their
iniquities.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Reading II
Rom 8:8-11
Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if
Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit
of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to
your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.
Gospel
Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had
anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.
So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” Then 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.” The disciples said to him,
“Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?” Jesus answered, “Are there
not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this
world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” He said this, and then told them,
“Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep,
he will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep.
So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may
believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.”
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near
Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them
about their brother. 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 to him, “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.”
When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking
for you.” As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village,
but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her
saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep
there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had
been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with
her weeping, 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 Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
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