{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"O Lazarus!: Resurrection, Immigration and the Soul","description":"What is resurrection\u2014and what does it mean to truly live \u201cin the Spirit\u201d? In this powerful Lenten sermon from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Malcolm Clemens Young explores the raising of Lazarus (John 11) and the deeper meaning of resurrection\u2014not just as life after death, but as a transformed way of seeing and living now.  Drawing on the Gospel of John, contemporary historian Ana Racquel Minian, Jon Levinson, Kevin Madigan, Athanasius and early Christian witness, this sermon wrestles with a pressing ethical question: Is it ever acceptable to cause someone to suffer for the sake of the greater good?  From the tears of Jesus at Lazarus\u2019 tomb to modern immigration detention policies, this message challenges us to reject systems that justify cruelty\u2014and instead embrace the liberating, life-giving Spirit of Christ.  \u2728 Themes include: * The meaning of resurrection in John\u2019s Gospel * \u201cI am the resurrection and the life\u201d explained * Christian ethics and the danger of utilitarian thinking * Immigration, human dignity, and moral responsibility * What it feels like to live \u201cin Christ\u201d Like Lazarus, we are called out of our tombs\u2014unbound and set free. \ud83d\udccd Grace Cathedral, San Francisco\ud83d\udcc5 Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A)  The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G6 5 Lent (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday, March 22nd, 2026  Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 ","author_name":"Sermons from Grace Cathedral","author_url":"http:\/\/www.gracecathedral.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40578515\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/3a8cc7\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40578515"}