Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 74(4) Nov 2024

Lazarus, Come Forth

Dr Pravin Thevathasan

AuthorI have recently been reading a very weird book. You really have to be "differently ordered" to take it seriously. It implies that there is some kind of unnatural affection between Lazarus and Jesus because the Gospel of John says that Jesus "loved" Lazarus. But the same Gospel also tells us that Jesus "loved" Mary and Martha. Where does that take us?

The story of Lazarus is about charity, about reaching out to our neighbours in distress and healing them.

But, above all else, the story of Lazarus presents us with a very human Christ who is divine.