{"id":5812,"date":"2023-03-23T08:40:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2023-03-23T08:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:40:38","slug":"fifth-sunday-of-lent-year-a-john-111-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/predication.net\/?p=5812","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A John 11,1-45"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus is not only one who conquered death, but also teaches us how to properly accept the death of the body. Can<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you remember who you love? Yes?\u00a0Name them all.\u00a0Do you know what you would do to make them happy now?\u00a0When was the last time you told them you love them?\u00a0You enjoy and suffer with them.\u00a0You like to meet them, visit them, feel good with them…<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine that someone you love comes to you and says: \u201cHow can I believe that God knows about me?!\u00a0After all, there are five billion people in the world.\u00a0Is it even possible for the poor human worm to know about me?” When a young man came to a priest with such a question, he invited him to open his hand in front of him: “Look at the fingers.\u00a0Take a good look at the skin on the ends of your fingers.\u00a0You will not find a person in the world who has the same finger grooves as you.\u00a0So you are a creature quite different from others.\u00a0God paid special attention to the fingertips.”<\/span>
\nThe young man’s face lit up and peace filled his soul: “Thank you.\u00a0I will no longer allow doubts to multiply in me.\u00a0Just looking at the finger is a reminder that God is interested in me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Question for us: Can we see to the end of our finger?\u00a0This is because we want to understand death correctly in the light of the teachings of the Lord Jesus, who loves us and proved it with his death.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus reminds each of us: “I am the resurrection and the life.”\u00a0He who believes in me will live even if he dies (John 11:24).<\/span><\/p>\n

The miracle of the resurrection of Lazarus in Bethany, who has been in the grave for four days, St. John describes in detail several reasons.\u00a0It is the greatest miracle of Jesus, and he did it to show that he is really the promised Messiah and to give the high priests and Pharisees an impetus to their plan: to put Jesus to death and thus finish the mission for which Jesus came into the world as a man out of love for us. Bethany was not far from Jerusalem, and therefore the information reached the addressees in Jerusalem quickly.\u00a0The message about the resurrection of Lazarus is undoubtedly joyful news, because Jesus himself says it: “I am the resurrection and the life.\u00a0He who believes in me will live even if he dies (John 11:24).\u00a0The resurrection of Lazarus is all the more joyful, because the Jews did not believe in the afterlife.\u00a0However, they believed that the soul of a person, good and bad, goes to the underworld, which they called “Sheol”.\u00a0The Sadducees and their class – which mostly included priests – together with the Samaritans, did not believe in the resurrection, in the immortality of the soul, spirits and even angels.\u00a0When Martha says to Jesus: “I know that he will rise on the last day in the resurrection” (Jn 11:24), she gives testimony, like the Pharisees, that she believes in the resurrection of the human body.\u00a0When Jesus says: “He who believes in me will live, even if he dies” (Jn 11:24), he is not thinking about the physical life of the body.\u00a0The truth is that whoever believes in him will physically die, will experience physical death.\u00a0Jesus speaks of the death of sin.\u00a0If a person is dead to sin, Jesus will make him alive again.\u00a0Death is not the end of life, although it is a mystery.\u00a0Jesus says the joyful message: “I am the resurrection and the life” (Jn 11:24).\u00a0At that time, they buried the dead facing the west, because death ends everything and Jesus bears witness to the east.\u00a0Our life through death leads not to extinction, to nothingness, but to life,\u00a0which faith tells us will be quite different than what we can and can imagine today.\u00a0Why do unbelievers laugh at Christ’s teaching even today?\u00a0They lack faith, so they have not done everything to believe.\u00a0This is their punishment, that they could accept Jesus, but did not.\u00a0In order for someone to believe and accept Jesus as his God and Lord, he does not need special studies.\u00a0It is necessary to have before the eyes the event of Good Friday, the death of Christ on the cross, and to accept the event of Easter Sunday morning, Christ’s resurrection.\u00a0Then we can learn that true and eternal life comes after death.\u00a0Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead on the fourth day, but not to eternal life, so he had to pass through the gate of death once more.\u00a0We know he died later.\u00a0therefore they did not do everything to believe.\u00a0This is their punishment, that they could accept Jesus, but did not.\u00a0In order for someone to believe and accept Jesus as his God and Lord, he does not need special studies.\u00a0It is necessary to have before the eyes the event of Good Friday, the death of Christ on the cross, and to accept the event of Easter Sunday morning, Christ’s resurrection.\u00a0Then we can learn that true and eternal life comes after death.\u00a0Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead on the fourth day, but not to eternal life, so he had to pass through the gate of death once more.\u00a0We know he died later.\u00a0therefore they did not do everything to believe.\u00a0This is their punishment, that they could accept Jesus, but did not.\u00a0In order for someone to believe and accept Jesus as his God and Lord, he does not need special studies.\u00a0It is necessary to have before the eyes the event of Good Friday, the death of Christ on the cross, and to accept the event of Easter Sunday morning, Christ’s resurrection.\u00a0Then we can learn that true and eternal life comes after death.\u00a0Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead on the fourth day, but not to eternal life, so he had to pass through the gate of death once more.\u00a0We know he died later.\u00a0the death of Christ on the cross and to accept the event of Easter Sunday morning, Christ’s resurrection.\u00a0Then we can learn that true and eternal life comes after death.\u00a0Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead on the fourth day, but not to eternal life, so he had to pass through the gate of death once more.\u00a0We know he died later.\u00a0the death of Christ on the cross and to accept the event of Easter Sunday morning, Christ’s resurrection.\u00a0Then we can learn that true and eternal life comes after death.\u00a0Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead on the fourth day, but not to eternal life, so he had to pass through the gate of death once more.\u00a0We know he died later.<\/span><\/p>\n

In life, we encounter many questions and uncertainties.\u00a0However, two things touch every person: life and death.\u00a0The world is a huge cradle, but also the biggest grave.\u00a0Only a person from animate and inanimate nature who is gifted with reason and free will knows that he will die.\u00a0The animal can sense its end, but nothing more.\u00a0A person can know that his existence does not end with death.\u00a0The place where they put the remains, the body, or the dust from the body will remain empty, but that is not the end of a person’s existence. After all, the eternal God created man in his image and likeness. The human soul is eternal.\u00a0No end.\u00a0The human body will be glorified once more.\u00a0All this is guaranteed by Jesus before he died and rose from the dead. “I am the resurrection and the life.\u00a0He who believes in me will live even if he dies (John 11:24).\u00a0Today, it is a challenge: to accept and believe in the words of Jesus. Life is relatively short compared to the distances of the star galaxies, but it is long enough to prove itself freely and voluntarily for eternal life either as a punishment or a reward.\u00a0It is not the length of life that matters, but how we fill our life.\u00a0When we see different-minded people around the grave, it is a challenge for us to adopt the most advantageous way of life for us for life on earth and once for eternal life.<\/span><\/p>\n

We, believers, accept death as a consequence of sin. We take a responsible approach to death because it is just like a bridge over which we cross into a new life, but life does not end with death. In science, it is said that matter turns into energy. Our mortal certainty is transformed into immortal energy, into eternal life in love.\u00a0That is why Martha and I confess: Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.<\/span>
\nSometimes we say that a mother is a friend of a son or daughter, and by this, we want to emphasize that between them there is an amazing understanding, trust, and certainty of soul mates. There is something much more between Jesus and us.\u00a0His teaching, example of life… We have become brothers and sisters, and Jesus is our assurance of eternal life. A friend is faithful.\u00a0Jesus indicated this to his friend Lazarus when he received the message: “Lord, the one you love is sick” (Jn 11:3).\u00a0Judas Iscariot was not a friend of Jesus.\u00a0Sin destroys friendship.\u00a0It is necessary to strengthen your friendship, even by a real return in the Easter Holy Confession.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, in his memories of childhood, mentions a story that stuck in his memory.\u00a0He saw a drunk woman.\u00a0She was lying on the side of the road, where dirty water was flowing from the yard.\u00a0She tried to get up, but she couldn’t. I wanted to help her, but she disgusted me because she was dirty and I told myself that my hands would stink in a month.\u00a0A little boy was sitting on the curb, tears streaming down his face, crying hopelessly: “Mommy, Mommy!\u00a0Get up, please!’<\/span><\/p>\n

The peak of Lent is upon us.\u00a0What did sin do to us?\u00a0Can it be expressed in words when we have the treasure, our soul, on our minds?\u00a0However, Jesus died precisely so that we could rise, could receive the forgiveness of our sins. Change life on earth and earn eternal life after your resurrection.\u00a0Let’s remember the words of the little boy: “Mommy, Mommy!\u00a0Get up, please!” What do we want more from Christ than what he offers us, what he leads us to, and what he teaches us?<\/span><\/p>\n

God loves even the most ungrateful person.\u00a0God has not forgotten any of us.\u00a0Let’s look at our hands and look at our fingertips.\u00a0Each of us is original in God’s work.\u00a0Today is the time that we want to take a responsible and faithful approach to the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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