Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” (Jn 11:1-45)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032226.cfm
The one you love is ill. It is most likely that Lazarus is the Beloved Disciple. The figure of the Beloved Disciple in the Fourth Gospel reminds us that we are all Beloved Disciples and nothing will ever separate us from our Master, not sickness nor even death itself. https://youtu.be/gADDeVUH4uc?si=LYMmLPmoNHKlTudN
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
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