A stained-glass depiction of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead from Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain. As this gospel reading is quite long, you are invited to use your own Bible to read the text. Initial observations This story is found only in the Fourth Gospel, although the other Gospels do tell of people being raised from the dead (Jairus’ daughter, the son of the widow of Nain). Our story, very…
