Lazarus, Come out!

The raising of Lazarus

Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven. Mark 10:4
Sunday, April 6, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 14

Do you know whats coming?

Have you ever had to do something unpleasant or uncomfortable? Sometimes we
know we have to do somethinglike getting a filling in our tooth, taking a big test, giving a speech at schooland we complain and complain until its done. We know what is com-

Christ carrying the Cross

ing, but we know we have to do it anyway. In todays Gospel reading, we hear about how our Lord, Jesus Christ, knew what was coming. He tells His disciples, We are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise.
Christ knew everything that was going to happen to Him. But He did it anyway! Why? Because He loves us. He was willing to do all these things and let all these horrible things happen to Himself, because He loves us so much!

ZE A M A N I E G A S MES
Find the path that Jesus takes to visit His friends, Mary and Martha. When you go the right way, youll find a special message that Christ told Martha.
Answer: I am the resurrection and the life!

LAZARUS, COME OUT!

ST. LAZARUS OF BETHANY
Do you remember the story of Lazarus? Lazarus was a good friend of Jesus. He became sick and died. His sisters, Mary and Martha, were very, very sad, and they went to tell Jesus that their brother had died. They knew that only He could help!
Four days after Lazarus died, Jesus came, and He called His friend out of the tomb. Lazarus, come out! He said. And He raised Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus was alive again! This was an amazing miracle, because it showed everybody that Jesus was God. Only God could raise somebody from the dead!
But what happened to St. Lazarus after that? After Jesus died and rose from the dead, Lazarus was in trouble! Some people wanted to kill him because he was on Jesus's side. Lazarus left and went to the island of Cyprus. He became a bishop there, and helped build up the Christian church in Cyprus. If you go to Cyprus someday, you can even see and pray in front of the tomb of St. Lazarus. This is his second tomb. His first tomb in Bethany (in the Holy Land) is empty!
We remember St. Lazarus this Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday.

Whats in an icon?
On Saturday we celebrate the raising of St. Lazarus! Can you find Jesus in the icon? Can you find Lazarus? How about his sisters (at Jesuss feet)?