There are two sets of readings today. We may hear the Gospel for Year C (John 8:1-11) or Year A (John 11:1-45) if there are RCIA candidates celebrating the third scrutiny.
Commentaries on the Scripture:
Pope Francis Homilies on The Woman Caught in Adultery
Ron Rolheiser OMI Doing Violence in God’s Name
John Foley SJ Caught
Loyola Press Sunday Connection The Fifth Sunday of Lent
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Commentary:
christian.art Let him who is without sin be the first to throw a stone
Tretyakov Gallery Magazine” Vasily Polenov: “I love the gospel tales beyond words…”
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Pieter Breughel the Elder, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Commentary:
christian.art Let him who is without sin cast the first stone (2023)
Courtauld Gallery Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Iain Sinclair on Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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Palma il Vecchio Christ and the Adulteress
Arts & Faith: Week 5 of Lent, Cycle C Palma il Vecchio, “Christ and the Adulteress,” circa 1525–1528 (Text and Video)
Commentaries on the Scripture
Pope Francis Homilies on John Chapters 9-11
Msgr. Charles Pope We Are Lazarus; We Are Martha and Mary: How the Lord Raises Us to New Life
Art
Giovanni di Paolo The Resurrection of Lazarus
christian.art Jesus cried in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, here! Come out!’
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Rembrandt: The Raising of Lazarus
christian.art The Raising of Lazarus
LACMA The Raising of Lazarus
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János Vaszary, Resuscitation of Lazarus,
Loyola Press Arts & Faith: Week 5 of Lent, Cycle A János Vaszary, “Resuscitation of Lazarus,” 1912 (Text and Video)
See also our Visio Divina page for more about the process of this form of prayer.
