Then Jesus, angry in himself again, came to the tomb, which was a cave and a stone was laid across it

Jesus said:  ‘Take away the stone.‘

The sister of the dead man, Martha said ‘Lord, Already he smells, for he has been buried four days. 

Jesus said to her ‘Did I not say to you that if you believe you will see the glory of God? So they took the stone away. 

Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said ‘Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I had known you always hear me., but I speak for the benefit of the crowd who stand around  so that they might believe that  you sent me. 

And having said these things he cried out in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come here – outside!’ 

The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of linen and his face wrapped around with a facecloth. 

Jesus said to them ‘Untie him and let him go.’

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.