First reading
Ezekiel 37:12–14
I shall put my spirit in you, and you will live.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 129(130)
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.
Second reading
Romans 8:8–11
The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you.
Gospel acclamation
John 11:25, 26
I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will not die for ever.
Gospel
John 11:1–45
I am the resurrection and the life.
Images from the Word
- Anointed the Lord
- Lazarus is dead
- Do you believe?
- You will live
- His home in you
Liturgical notes
The priest stands at the chair and, together with the whole gathering, makes the Sign of the Cross. Then he signifies the presence of the Lord to the community gathered there by means of the Greeting. By this greeting and the people’s response, the mystery of the Church gathered together is made manifest.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §50
We profess the fourfold presence of Christ in the Mass: in the assembly, in the Word proclaimed, in the priest acting in persona Christi, and, pre-eminently (above all else) in the Eucharist. We ritualise and affirm that presence of Christ in the assembly by the greeting and response of the people of God.
‘We pray, almighty God, that we may always be counted among the members of Christ, in whose Body and Blood we have communion.’
—prayer after Communion