The Final Journey to Jerusalem Begins
The account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus is the sixth of the seven signs in St. John’s Gospel that announce the fulfillment of the Old Covenant in the New Covenant and the passing away of the old rites, replaced by the grace and sacraments of Jesus Christ.
Most of us will not hear this Gospel from Year A today. But for those at a Mass where the Scrutinies will be observed, it is the last of the three passages…