Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8

”Thus says the Lord,” said the prophet Isaiah,” I who make a path in the sea, I who make a way where there is no way, I am about to do something completely new, do you not perceive it?”

On the Sabbath before the Passover, “Jesus came to Bethany, to the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.”

A reading of this week's gospel and sermon from Epiphany Lutheran Church of Mount Vernon.