John 11:32-44
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When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to
him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 33
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was
greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34 He said, "Where have you
laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus
began to weep. 36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 37 But
some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have
kept this man from dying?" 38 Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to
the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said,
"Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to
him, "Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four
days." 40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you
believed, you would see the glory of God?" 41 So they took away the stone.
And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard
me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the
crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." 43 When
he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44
The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his
face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him
go."
This Sunday, Bishop Michael Pryse, our synodical bishop visited us and preached a wonderful sermon. We also memorialized those of the congregation and of the member's families who had passed away since last All Saints Sunday. Following the worship service, we all took part in a great pot-luck lunch.
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| Here our acolyte, Kate, lights one of the candles set out in memory of those who had died. Bishop Michael actually took this photo. |
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