Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Monday of week 17 in Ordinary Time
Gospel John 11:19-27
Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Bethany family – Martha, Mary and Lazarus. In the conversation between Martha and Jesus, we understand the fundamental truth about the identity of Jesus. He reveals Himself, “I am the resurrection and the life”. In Jesus is the life and the resurrection. Beyond death the only reality is Jesus Christ. And through Him we will be raised, and we will have life. “If anyone believes in me, even though he dies he will live, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die”. This must be in our mind always in our relationship with Jesus. To this revelation, Martha fully adhered herself. She said, “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world”. When she said that her brother was still in the tomb. But she believed in the words of Jesus and Lazarus was brought back to life. This is the faith. We believe in the Lord, and we will have life. “Whoever lives and believes in Jesus will never die”. The hope of those who believe in Jesus will never die. The happiness of those who believe in Jesus will never die. The patience of those who believe in Jesus will never die. They will live a life of resurrection already here in sense of the living in a positive realm. Let’s reflect. How much I remember that Jesus is the resurrection and the life in my dark moments?
Don Giorgio