Sermon notes are below (after the Gospel):
Gospel: John 11:32-44
32When 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.” 33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35Jesus began to weep. 36So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
38Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39Jesus 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.” 40Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. 42I 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.” 43When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44The 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.”
Sermon Notes
The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises are divided into four weeks for people to engage with Jesus Christ by visualizing and sensing themselves in Gospel stories.
1. Skim: Consider the background
2. Pray: Ask for the grace
3. 1st Reading: Imagine being in the Scripture
As you read, visualize yourself in the Scripture.
What part of the story are you drawn to? Which character do you identify with? Or are you a bystander in the story?
4. 2nd Reading: Listen to God
As you re-read the Scripture, talk with the Lord about how you feel and how the text relates to your life today. Pause quietly to listen to what God might be saying to you.
What part of the story are you drawn to? What character do you identify with or are you observing from a distance? Sit with that for a moment.