REFLECTION ON THE GOSPEL
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
(November 11, 2007)
The Sadducees are people who do not believe in the resurrection of the dead, that is why they posed a “trap” to Jesus on how to justify the case of the woman with seven husbands. Jesus knew their thoughts, and answered their “curiosity” by going to a deeper aspect of married life. Making it clear to them that they themselves invoke the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who happen to be LIVING in the bosom of God, then it just goes to show that there is life after death. As such the God we believe in, is the God of the living and not the God of the dead. We could always look with hope to the glory prepared for the just as GLORIFIED children of God. There are no more marriages in heaven since we already share the eternal bliss with our Father in heaven.
By believing in the resurrection, we on earth, become hopeful, that despite of the hardships we encounter in our worldly life, there is always a shining radiant of a happy and full-filled life.
The life of husband and wife is never easy in this world. All the more, they should fix their eyes on the reality of the resurrection, as this will provide them the strength to go on despite of the trials they encounter everyday. They could always HOPE for a better tomorrow through the power of the resurrection! Amen!
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