Lazarus’s Tomb is located in Bethany. And the modern-day name of Bethany is
beautiful: in Arabic, it is El Azariah, the Town of Lazarus.
Often, we ask our pilgrims to bring to
Lazarus’s Tomb anything that they want to let die. Perhaps it’s a resentment, a grudge, an
unhealthy way of living. At the end of a
long, winding, slippery stone staircase is the simple tomb, into which one has
to crawl on one’s hands and knees to enter.
It can be a powerful moment for many people as they not only hear Jesus
asking them to let go, but also to
come out into new life… Jesus came into a real place in a real time and
encountered real people. As he comes
into your real life
So what would you like to let die in
your life? Jesus asks you to die to
self only to give you life in full. Just like he did for Lazarus. So come out.
--Fr. James
Martin,
Facebook, February
27, 2019
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