On the Raising of Lazarus
Note: It is an ancient liturgical tradition to celebrate on the day before Palm Sunday our Lord’s raising of Lazarus from the dead. My parish celebrates this liturgy as a “votive mass,” or Mass for particular occasion and intention. The propers for the Mass (Collect, Readings) derive from standard liturgy of the Orthodox Church, which has long celebrated this day.
We hear in this carefully crafted Gospel account from S. John how Jesus Christ, six days before His own death, and with particular awareness of the people “standing by, that they may believe that Thou didst send me,” went to His…
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