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Mon, Tues, Wed* (*Communion service),
and Fri at 8:15 am;
Thurs at 6:00 pm.
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An Introduction to Sunday's Scripture Readings - March 22, 2026

“I Am The Resurrection And The Life”

Our readings for this Sunday focus our attention on the promise of new life in the resurrection. It is a promise not to be taken lightly. This promise is central to our faith.

Our first reading (Ezekiel 37:12-14)is an excerpt from the prophet Ezekiel’s “vision of the valley of bones”, prophesied during the time of Judah’s exile in Babylon. It was a time when all hope seemed lost. In Ezekiel’s vision, God commanded that the prophesy of a time when Israel would be restored and the “dry bones” in their graves would be raised from the dead and given flesh and sinew and breath. “Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live...”

In our Epistle reading (Romans 8:8-11), St. Paul draws a sharp contrast between those who live in Christ and those who are still "in the flesh". For those believers who are living "in the Spirit", they will know the resurrection through the Spirit. Saint Paul tells us, “If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit dwelling in you.”

In our Gospel reading (John 11:1-45), we hear the story of Jesus raising His friend Lazarus from the dead. When Jesus was told that His friend Lazarus was dying, He remained where He was another two days. He didn’t go to His friend until Lazarus was already dead. Jesus said to His apostles, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” Jesus did this "so that the crowd may believe that you (the Father) sent me". This was a foretaste of the bodily resurrection that will come to us all at the final judgement. This is not unlike our first reading from Ezekiel when the Lord will “open your graves and have you rise from them.”

This Sunday’s readings, along with the previous two Sundays (Woman at the Well and the Healing of the Man Born Blind), all from the Gospel according to John, were traditionally used as instruction and insight for catechumens in preparation for Baptism. May the reflection on these teachings be a source of renewal of our own Baptism as we prepare for the events we will re-live during Holy Week and Easter.

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032226.cfm


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Mass Times: Saturdays at 5:00 pm;
Sundays at 8:00 am and 10:30 am.
Mon, Tues, Wed* (*Communion service),
and Fri at 8:15 am;
Thurs at 6:00 pm.