“Do you believe,” Jesus asks Martha in today’s gospel, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Fr Greg notes that even through her grief over her brother’s death, Martha answers that she does believe. Jesus raised Lazarus that day. Jesus will raise us – and all whom we love – if we, like Martha, can place our faith in him.
As he drew near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. With that, Moses’ wrath flared up, so that he threw the tablets [made by God] down and broke them on the base of the mountain.
EX 32:15-24, 30-34
Jesus told [Martha], “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live… Do you believe this? ”She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
JN 11:19-27