Daily Reading for Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Gospel, John 11:17-27

¹⁷ On arriving, Jesus found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days already.

¹⁸ Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,

¹⁹ and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

²⁰ When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house.

²¹ Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,

²² but even now I know that God will grant whatever you ask of him.'

²³ Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.'

²⁴ Martha said, 'I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day.'

²⁵ Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live,

²⁶ and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?

²⁷ 'Yes, Lord,' she said, 'I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.'

Reading 2, Romans 5:5-11

⁵ and a hope which will not let us down, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

⁶ When we were still helpless, at the appointed time, Christ died for the godless.

⁷ You could hardly find anyone ready to die even for someone upright; though it is just possible that, for a really good person, someone might undertake to die.

⁸ So it is proof of God's own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

⁹ How much more can we be sure, therefore, that, now that we have been justified by his death, we shall be saved through him from the retribution of God.

¹⁰ For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more can we be sure that, being now reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

¹¹ What is more, we are filled with exultant trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.

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