June 05, 2013
Wednesday
9th Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading:
Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a
Gospel: Mark 12:18-27
The Sadducees came to Jesus. Since they claim that there is no resurrection, they questioned him in this way, “Master, in the Scriptures Moses gave us this law: ‘If anyone dies and leaves a wife but no children, his brother must take the wife and give her a child who will be considered the child of his deceased brother.’ Now, there were seven brothers. The first married a wife, but he died without leaving any children. The second took the wife and he, too, died leaving no children. The same thing happened to the third. Finally the seven died leaving no children. Last of all the woman died. Now, in the resurrection, to which of them will she be wife? For the seven had her as wife.”
Jesus replied, “You could be wrong in this regard because you understand neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. When they rise from the dead, men and women do not marry but are like the angels in heaven.
“Now, about the resurrection of the dead, have you never reflected on the chapter of the burning bush in the book of Moses? God said to him: I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now, he is the God, not of the dead but of the living. You are totally wrong.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE (Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated
Life Experience)
Resurrection is at the core of our belief because our God is the God of the living. Resurrection can refer to the restoration. This happened to Lazarus who was already three days in the tomb when Jesus raised him up. But because he was merely restored to temporal life, he died nonetheless in due time.
The other meaning of resurrection is the kind that today’s Gospel talks about. It is the conferment upon the dead of a new and permanent form of life (2 Cor. 4:14). This presupposes the willingness to give up temporal life so that a permanent one can be conferred. This requires faith because the faithless person will never give up what he has, no matter how inferior, in exchange for something he is not so sure about. One may not be scientifically sure about eternal life. But if he has faith, he can peacefully give up temporal life and die with Christ. “If we died with him, we will also live with him” (2 Timothy 2:11).
John 11:25 explicitly assures God’s children that Jesus who is the resurrection and the life will raise on the last day those who believe in Him. “Believing” as used in this context refers not to mere intellectual assent but to the conviction of the mind and the persuasion of the heart that lead one to commit to a life embraced by those whose God is the God of the living. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website: www.frdan.org.
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