DAILY- HOMILY

19 November 2016 

Saturday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time 

Green.            

Rv 11:4 – 12 / Lk 20:27 – 40

Gospel Reading: Lk 20: 27 - 40

Then some Sadducees arrived. These people claim that there is no resurrection  and they asked Jesus this question, "Master, in the Scripture Moses told us: 'If anyone dies leaving a wife but no children, his brother must take the wife, and the child to be born will be regarded as the child of the deceased man.' Now, there were seven brothers; the first married a wife, but he died without children; and the second and the third took the wife; in fact all seven died leaving no children. Last of all the woman died. On the day of the resurrection, to which of them will the woman be wife? For the seven had her as wife."

And Jesus replied, "Taking husband or wife is proper to people of this world, but for those who are considered worthy of the world to come and of resurrection from the dead, there is no more marriage. Besides, they cannot die for they are like the angels. They too are sons and daughters of God because they are born of the resurrection.

"Yes, the dead will be raised, and even Moses implied it in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. For he is God of the living and not of the dead, and for him all are alive." 

"Some teachers of the Law then agreed with Jesus, "Master, you have spoken well." They didn't dare to ask him anything else.

Reflection

"He is God of the living." In today's Gospel reading we hear two different questions posed to Jesus – one about living in this world and one about life in the after-life.  In reality life is pretty simple.  God created it this way.  What happens is that our so called "simple life" becomes complicated when we start thinking too much of how bad government is, how our neighbor has a better car or maybe a more handsome and caring husband, how our child compared to others, etc.  Thinking too much of these things complicates our lives and we are unable to be happy.  We work and work, push our kids to excel more than anyone, force the people around us to conform to what we want them to be, etc.  

In the end we are like zombies with no more life in us and just surviving the daily grind.  We are invited to be less complicated and allow the Lord's wisdom to enter so that we can live happily.  We can also be certain that when we die, we can live with him eternally.

WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:

BIRTHDAY

     Beth Narciso Navarro

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

     Emelinda and Dr. Timoteo L. Yu

IN MEMORIAM (+)

     Esperanza V. Austria

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who need our prayers the most. 

Have a good day!

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