{"id":5426,"date":"2023-03-26T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2023-03-18T01:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T00:17:59","slug":"sunday-v-lent-i-adore-him-as-he-sighs-and-weeps-outside-lazaruss-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5426","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY\u00a0 V LENT: I adore Him as he sighs and weeps outside Lazarus\u2019s tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And Jesus wept.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">So the Jews said, \u201cSee how he loved him.\u201d (John 35-36)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>At the same time I certainly do not boast to being insensitive to the blows that seem at times about to crush us\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Jesus Christ is our only model and he did not set us an example of that kind. I adore Him as he sighs and weeps outside Lazarus\u2019s tomb and I despise and abhor displays of stoicism, insensitivity and egoism from people who seem to want to outdo this prototype of every perfection, who so wanted to sanctify every aspect of our sad pilgrimage.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Henri Tempier, 11 January 1831, EO VII n 380<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Lord, when we are overwhelmed with grief and doubt your love and purpose, help us to know that you are with us and grieving alongside us. Give us enough faith to believe that You are good and that You care for us. Deepen our faith when we experience life in a \u2018tomb\u2019 so that when we enter a season of bright light we will not forget your grace.\u00a0Amen.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\">Anglican.org<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, \u201cSee how he loved him.\u201d (John 35-36)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the same time I certainly do not boast to being insensitive to the blows that seem at times about to crush us\u2026 Jesus Christ is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5426\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}