Jesus Wept
3/16/202616 min
Friends, this Lent, we’ve been journeying through some marvelous stories in John: the woman at the well two weeks ago, the man born blind last week, and now the climactic story of the raising of Lazarus. The great miracles of Jesus in John’s Gospel are referred to as “semeia” in Greek—“signs.” They’re indicators of God’s power and manner that teach us great truths about our spiritual lives. And the raising of Lazarus teaches us about the ways of God amid our suffering. Why do these things happen? Why doesn’t God act?
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Robert Barron· Host0:39
Peace be with you. Friends, this fifth Sunday of Lent, so we're the last Sunday really before we get to, um, Palm Sunday. And we're in the cycle A of readings. We're in this journey through these marvelous stories in John. We had the woman at the well two weeks ago, the man born blind last week, and now the climactic story, which is the raising of Lazarus. The great miracles of Jesus in John's gospel are referred to as semeia in Greek, signs. Which is to say they're not just amazing things, like these sort of one-off, uh, miracles. They're signs. They're indicators of God's power, God's manner. They're teaching us some great truths about our spiritual life. So our ears should perk up, you know, with these stories. We should s- uh, pay very careful attention