St. James the Greater
Weekly Faith Enrichment
John 11: 1-45
Gospel: Raising of Lazarus
Review your day with the Examen Prayer
Ask God for light. I want to look at my day with God's eyes, not merely my eyes.

Give thanks. The day I have just lived is a gift from God. Be grateful for it.

Review the day. I carefully look back on the day just completed being guided by the Holy Spirit.

Face your shortcomings. I face up to where I could have been more Christ-like during the day.

Look toward the day to come. I ask where I need God in the day to come.
How does Pope Francis describe the beginning of our resurrection in this Angeles talk about the raising of Lazarus?
Jesus calls to us as he called to Lazarus in his tomb: “Come forth!” This call is addressed to every human person because we are all marked by death. Christ is not resigned to the sepulchers that we have constructed with our choices of evil and death, with our mistakes, our sins. [Jesus] invites us, almost orders us, to come out of the tombs into which our sins have plunged us. This is where our resurrection begins: when we decide to obey the command of Jesus to come into the light, to life; when the masks fall from our faces, … and we rediscover the courage of our original faces, created in the image and likeness of God.
( … The raising of Lazarus shows us that) there is no limit to the divine mercy, which is offered to everyone. … The Lord is always ready to roll away the tombstone of our sins, which separate us from him, the light of the living.
June 4, 2014
Activities to try and discuss...
  • Draw a picture of Lazarus coming out of the tomb.

  • The miracle teaches me.

  • If the miracle was a movie, the poster would look like this.

  • Imagine you were in the crowd when Lazarus came out of the tomb. What would you say to Jesus?