NOT OF THE DEAD, BUT OF THE LIVING

PRAYER PAUSE  

Sarurday 25 November 2017

NOT OF THE DEAD, BUT OF THE LIVING

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Now he is God, not of the dead , but of the living; for to him all are in fact alive.”  (Luke 20:27-40)

Reflection. In the accompanying reading, from 1 Maccabees 6, King Antiocus realises at the end of his life he got it all wrong. He was thinking on another level. In this gospel “some Sadducees” also get it all wrong in their trick questions about life after death. Jesus cuts through their useless posturing. To God “all men and women are alive” whether they are “dead” or not. That is a traditional belief anyway in this part of the world where we speak of the “living dead.” The difference Jesus makes is to embue these living dead “who are judged worthy of a place in the other world” with joy and peace in a way we cannot now imagine. All fear is over and the triumph of God in men and women is complete.

Prayer. Lord, help us to have your mind and to see with your eyes. Amen.