Psalm 130   
John 11.1-45  
I Am The Resurrection And The Life


The Corona Virus places before us the reality of death.  Our Lectionary Reading places before us the reality of life. Only Jesus has the cure we need for the Death Virus, contracted by Adam & Eve and spread to all humanity.  And, here in our New Testament text, in the face of the death of Lazarus, in the the shadow of death, the words of Jesus pierce the darkness: “I am the resurrection and the life.”  These are words of life offered to all, for Jesus continues, “He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.”  And, though the text does not say it, surely Jesus looks through her eyes and into her soul, as he asks Martha, “Do you believe this?”  “Do you believe this?” That is the question before us all.  The answer determines how we face the reality of death, in whatever form it comes.