THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C

 READINGS AT MASS

2 Mac 7:1-2,9-14

Psalm 17

2 Thes 2:16-3:5

Lk. 20:27-38

THEME: HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...

"And they lived happily ever after" is a familiar phrase from some of our favorite childhood bedtime stories. A phrase that assured us that despite their struggles, the character(s) were rewarded for their faithfulness. Knowledge of existence and the quest for a happy ending gives us hope to remain faithful to one another and our cause no matter the roadblocks.

In today's Gospel, Jesus, in His response to the Sadducees, affirms the Christian faith in the resurrection. God is a God only of the living; a Christian's life story does not end in death. There is the resurrection of the dead and "a happily ever after" for all those who believe in Jesus Christ (Jn 6:40).

For Jesus Christ, the Sadducees (and all who do not believe in the resurrection) never got the ending of the story right. They do not believe in the happy ending of life, because they have never been clear on the meaning of life in Christ.

Beloved in Christ, that glorious ending of the 'book' of Christian life is what gives meaning to everything in this gloomy world. It gives us hope and assures us of the fact that there is more to life than what we see and touch here.

Faith in a better ending and in something higher and beyond the present makes life worth living. It gives us the strength to keep moving forward. As in the First Reading, we saw how faith in the resurrection gave the "seven brothers" the courage to remain faithful to death.

Our faith in Jesus Christ, who is our resurrection and life, should strengthen our conviction in the reward of eternal life.

May God bless you.

PRAYER

Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen our faith in you and deepen in us the hope of resurrection. Amen.

May God bless you.

-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre

Sunday, November 6, 2022.

Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe.