Lay Homily: Monday in Holy Week

Christ in the House of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, by J. Bassano

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Listen to the lay homily from Libby Fosmire on Monday in Holy Week, March 30, 2026.

      Lay Homily - Monday in Holy Week 2026 - Libby Fosmire

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 36:5-11; Hebrews 9:11-15; John 12:1-11.

The image above is of a painting, ca. 1577, by Jacopo Bassano: “Christ in the House of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.” It is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.

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