![]() He wants us to invite him to stay with us, and to serve him and to listen to him, as Lazarus and his sisters did. ![]() He technically owned every place in the universe, right? But he wanted to go where he was welcome, to stay where people made room for him. “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” (Matthew 8:20) Consider what this meant to Jesus, who had no home of his own. Jesus often stayed with him and his two sisters, Mary and Martha, when he was passing through Bethany. It is also important to point out who Lazarus was to Our Lord. They point to him, as the resurrection of Lazarus points to Our Lord. The saints are not – as some misinformed critics believe – in competition with Our Lord. Son of God, wonderful in the saints, save us who sing to you: Alleluia.Ĭould the Catholic doctrine of the role of the saints be any clearer? It is the Son of God who alone saves and it is the saints who give him glory. The Divine Liturgy affirms it in this weekday hymn, often sung on a saint’s feast day: “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.” (John 11:4) The raising of Lazarus also shows a key Catholic doctrine, that God is glorified in his saints. (Lazarus Saturday, triodion by Emperor Leo) Lazarus became the saving first-fruits of the world’s regene ration.Īll things are possible for Thee, O Lord and King of all. Our Lord shows his followers that he has power over death, so that they will believe in his power over his own death. The resurrection of Lazarus is wrapped up in the resurrection of Jesus. Though Lazarus has his own regular brand feast day in October on the Eastern calendar, this is the big one. In the Eastern Rite, this mind blowing event is always commemorated on the day before Palm Sunday, which this year was April 13. It is the day Our Lord summoned his friend back to this life, despite four days and several spools of moldering mummy wrap. Lazarus Saturday celebrates the opposite. Most feast days of the saints celebrate the day the saint died, went to heaven, and stayed put.
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