Lazarus

Most feast days of the saints celebrate the day the saint died, went to heaven, and stayed put. Lazarus Saturday celebrates the opposite. It is the day Our Lord summoned his friend back to this life, despite four days and several spools of…

by Bishop Robert Reed Rich man & the beggar Year after year, we pass through the penitential season called Lent, and on Easter we bring back our ‘Glorias’ and ‘Alleluias’, and we feast again. We might hear that we are “Easter people.”…

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.' (John 11:43-44) My spirits soar when I…

Sunday’s Gospel shows us both sides of the story. The rich man has it all — clothes, food, shelter, money, status, and power. Lazarus has nothing. I have always taken Lazarus’ side, and am pleased that he is rewarded in the end. After all,…