April 10, 2011
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Reading 1
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.
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
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.
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.
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 2
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.
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
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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?”
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.”
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.
and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
or
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.”
“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.”
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?”
“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.”
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.
and seen what he had done began to believe in.
Fuente: www.usccb.org
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Resurrección de Lázaro
Juan 11, 1-45. Cuaresma.
Juan 11, 1-45 5o. Domingo de Cuaresma.
Jesús llora con nosotros y por nosotros, sus lágrimas son de un amor infinito, de ternura y compasión.
Evangelio
Lectura del santo Evangelio según san Juan
En aquel tiempo, se encontraba enfermo Lázaro, en Betania, el pueblo de María y de su hermana Marta. María era la que una vez ungió al Señor con perfume y le enjugó los pies con su cabellera. El enfermo era su hermano Lázaro. Por eso las dos hermanas le mandaron a decir a Jesús: “Señor, el amigo a quien tanto quieres está enfermo”. Al oír esto, Jesús dijo: “esta enfermedad no acabará en la muerte, sino que servirá para la gloria de Dios, para que el Hijo de Dios sea glorificado por ella”. Jesús amaba a Marta, a su hermana y a Lázaro. Sin embargo cuando se enteró de que Lázaro estaba enfermo, se detuvo dos días más en el lugar en que se hallaba. Después dijo a sus discípulos: “Vayamos otra vez a Judea”. Los discípulos le dijeron: “Maestro, hace poco que los judíos querían apedrearte ¿y tu vas a volver allá?” Jesús les contestó: “¿Acaso no tiene doce horas el día? El que camina de día no tropieza, porque ve la luz de este mundo, en cambio, el que camina de noche tropieza, porque le falta luz”. Dijo esto y luego añadió: “Lázaro, nuestro amigo, se ha dormido; pero yo voy ahora a despertarlo.” Entonces le dijeron sus discípulos: “Señor, si duerme, es que va a sanar”. Jesús hablaba de la muerte, pero ellos creyeron que hablaba del sueño natural. Entonces Jesús les dijo abiertamente: “Lázaro ha muerto, y me alegro por ustedes de no haber estado ahí, para que crean. Ahora, vamos allá”. Entonces Tomás, por sobrenombre el Gemelo, dijo a los demás discípulos: “Vayamos también nosotros, para morir con Él”. Cuando llegó Jesús, Lázaro llevaba ya cuatro días en el sepulcro. Betania quedaba cerca de Jerusalén, como a unos dos kilómetros y medio, y muchos judíos habían ido a ver a Marta y María para consolarlas por la muerte de su hermano. Apenas oyó Marta que Jesús llegaba, salió a su encuentro; pero María se quedó en casa. Le dijo Marta a Jesús: “Señor, si hubieras estado aquí , no habría muerto mi hermano. Pero aún ahora estoy segura de que Dios te concederá cuanto le pidas”. Jesús dijo: “Tu hermano resucitará”. Marta respondió: “Ya sé que resucitará en la resurrección del último día”: Jesús le dijo: “Yo soy la resurrección y la vida. El que cree en mí, no morirá para siempre. ¿Crees tú esto? Ella le contestó: “Sí, Señor, creo firmemente que tú eres el Mesías, el Hijo de Dios, el que tenía que venir al mundo”. Después de decir estas palabras, fue a buscar a su hermana María y le dijo en voz baja:”Ya vino el Maestro y te llama”. Al oír esto, María se levantó en el acto y salió hacia donde estaba Jesús, porque Él no había llegado aún al pueblo, sino que estaba en el lugar donde marta lo había encontrado. Los judíos estaban con María en la casa, consolándola, viendo que ella se levantaba y salía de prisa, pensaron que iba al sepulcro para llorar ahí y la siguieron. Cuando llegó Mará adonde estaba Jesús, al verlo, se echó a sus pies y le dijo: “Señor, si hubieras estado aquí, no habría muerto mi hermano”. Jesús, al verla llorar y al ver llorar a los judíos que la acompañaban, se conmovió hasta lo más hondo y preguntó: “¿Dónde lo han puesto?” Le contestaron: “Ven, Señor, y lo verás”. Jesús se puso a llorar y los judíos comentaban: “De veras ¡cuánto lo amaba!”. Algunos decían: “¿No podía éste, que abrió los ojos al ciego de nacimiento, hacer que Lázaro no muriera?”. Jesús profundamente conmovido todavía, se detuvo ante el sepulcro, que era una cueva sellada con una losa. Entonces dijo Jesús: “Quiten la losa”. Pero Marta, la hermana del que había muerto, le replicó: “Señor, ya huele mal, porque lleva cuatro días”. Le dijo Jesús: “¿No te he dicho que si crees, verás la gloria de Dios?” Entonces quitaron la piedra. Jesús levantó los ojos a lo alto y dijo: “Padre, te doy gracias porque me has escuchado. Yo ya sabía que tú siempre me escuchas; pero lo he dicho a causa de esta muchedumbre que me rodea, para que crean que tú me has enviado”. Luego gritó con voz potente: “¡Lázaro, sal de ahí!”. Y salió el muerto, atados con vendas las manos y los pies, y la cara envuelta en un sudario. Jesús les dijo: “Desátenlo, para que pueda andar”. Muchos de los judíos que habían ido a casa de Marta y María, al ver lo que había hecho Jesús, creyeron en Él.
Oración Introductoria
Señor, tu conoces el corazón de tus hijos y sabes bien cuáles son nuestras enfermedades. Ten misericordia de nosotros, sana con tu amor todas nuestras dolencias. Permíteme ser un reflejo de tu misericordia y de tu amor entre las personas que me rodean para que te conozcan, Dios mío, como Camino, Verdad y Vida.
Meditación
En realidad, esta página evangélica muestra a Jesús como verdadero hombre y verdadero Dios. Ante todo, el evangelista insiste en su amistad con Lázaro y con sus hermanas Marta y María. Subraya que «Jesús los amaba» (Jn 11, 5), y por eso quiso realizar ese gran prodigio. «Lázaro, nuestro amigo, está dormido: voy a despertarlo» (Jn 11, 11), así les habló a los discípulos, expresando con la metáfora del sueño el punto de vista de Dios sobre la muerte física: Dios la considera precisamente como un sueño, del que se puede despertar. Este señorío sobre la muerte no impidió a Jesús experimentar una sincera compasión por el dolor de la separación. Al ver llorar a Marta y María y a cuantos habían acudido a consolarlas, también Jesús «se conmovió profundamente, se turbó» y, por último, «lloró» (Jn 11, 33. 35). El corazón de Cristo es divino-humano: en él Dios y hombre se encontraron perfectamente, sin separación y sin confusión. Él es la imagen, más aún, la encarnación de Dios, que es amor, misericordia, ternura paterna y materna, del Dios que es Vida. La respuesta de Marta es ejemplar: «Sí, Señor, yo creo que tú eres el Mesías, el Hijo de Dios, el que tenía que venir al mundo» (Jn 11, 27). ¡Sí, oh Señor! También nosotros creemos, a pesar de nuestras dudas y de nuestras oscuridades; creemos en ti, porque tú tienes palabras de vida eterna; queremos creer en ti, que nos das una esperanza fiable de vida más allá de la vida, de vida auténtica y plena en tu reino de luz y de paz (Benedicto XVI, Ángelus 9 de marzo de 2008).
Cristo, el Señor de la vida y de la historia, nos ama y quiere lo mejor para nosotros siempre. Él es nuestro padre y se preocupa por cada uno de sus hijos. Jesús sufre con nuestras dolencias y pecados. Por eso, el Señor está dispuesto a morir por nosotros para darnos la vida. La pasión, muerte y resurrección de Jesucristo iluminan la vida de todo hombre. Nuestros sufrimientos y nuestra propia existencia sólo tienen sentido en la persona de Cristo. Siguiendo el ejemplo de Marta estamos llamados a responder con fe ante Aquél que es la resurrección y la vida.
Reflexión apostólica
En Marta hemos encontrado un modelo de fe sencilla. Ella cree que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, el Mesías; ella cree en la resurrección y en el poder infinito de Dios. Lázaro, Marta y María conquistaron un lugar especial en el corazón del Señor porque vivían una fe luminosa y llena de amor. Jesucristo encuentra verdaderos amigos en los corazones que se le abren con fe y generosidad. “No tengáis miedo, abrid las puertas de vuestro corazón a Cristo. Él pide poco y lo da todo” (cf. Juan Pablo II).
Propósito
Visitar un cementerio y hacer una oración en la tumba de algún familiar o amigo difunto. También puedo rezar un misterio del rosario por las almas del purgatorio.
Diálogo con Cristo
Señor, gracias por escuchar mis oraciones y por estar siempre atento a mis necesidades. Dame la gracia de sentirme verdaderamente hijo tuyo. Dios mío, aumenta mi fe para reconocerte y proclamarte como el único Señor de mi vida. Ayúdame a levantar la mirada al cielo para tener siempre presente que caminamos en esta vida como peregrinos a nuestra patria celestial.
«…porque la gloria de Dios es que el hombre viva, y la vida del hombre es la visión de Dios»(San Ireneo de Lyon)
Autor: Juan Carlos Jiménez | Fuente: Catholic.net
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