Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in
Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 502
Lectionary: 502
As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces,
he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais,
famous for its wealth in silver and gold,
and that its temple was very rich,
containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons
left there by Alexander, son of Philip,
king of Macedon, the first king of the Greeks.
He went therefore and tried to capture and pillage the city.
But he could not do so,
because his plan became known to the people of the city
who rose up in battle against him.
So he retreated and in great dismay withdrew from there
to return to Babylon.
While he was in Persia, a messenger brought him news
that the armies sent into the land of Judah had been put to flight;
that Lysias had gone at first with a strong army
and been driven back by the children of Israel;
that they had grown strong
by reason of the arms, men, and abundant possessions
taken from the armies they had destroyed;
that they had pulled down the Abomination
which he had built upon the altar in Jerusalem;
and that they had surrounded with high walls
both the sanctuary, as it had been before,
and his city of Beth-zur.
When the king heard this news,
he was struck with fear and very much shaken.
Sick with grief because his designs had failed, he took to his bed.
There he remained many days, overwhelmed with sorrow,
for he knew he was going to die.
So he called in all his Friends and said to them:
"Sleep has departed from my eyes,
for my heart is sinking with anxiety.
I said to myself: 'Into what tribulation have I come,
and in what floods of sorrow am I now!
Yet I was kindly and beloved in my rule.'
But I now recall the evils I did in Jerusalem,
when I carried away all the vessels of gold and silver
that were in it, and for no cause
gave orders that the inhabitants of Judah be destroyed.
I know that this is why these evils have overtaken me;
and now I am dying, in bitter grief, in a foreign land."
he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais,
famous for its wealth in silver and gold,
and that its temple was very rich,
containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons
left there by Alexander, son of Philip,
king of Macedon, the first king of the Greeks.
He went therefore and tried to capture and pillage the city.
But he could not do so,
because his plan became known to the people of the city
who rose up in battle against him.
So he retreated and in great dismay withdrew from there
to return to Babylon.
While he was in Persia, a messenger brought him news
that the armies sent into the land of Judah had been put to flight;
that Lysias had gone at first with a strong army
and been driven back by the children of Israel;
that they had grown strong
by reason of the arms, men, and abundant possessions
taken from the armies they had destroyed;
that they had pulled down the Abomination
which he had built upon the altar in Jerusalem;
and that they had surrounded with high walls
both the sanctuary, as it had been before,
and his city of Beth-zur.
When the king heard this news,
he was struck with fear and very much shaken.
Sick with grief because his designs had failed, he took to his bed.
There he remained many days, overwhelmed with sorrow,
for he knew he was going to die.
So he called in all his Friends and said to them:
"Sleep has departed from my eyes,
for my heart is sinking with anxiety.
I said to myself: 'Into what tribulation have I come,
and in what floods of sorrow am I now!
Yet I was kindly and beloved in my rule.'
But I now recall the evils I did in Jerusalem,
when I carried away all the vessels of gold and silver
that were in it, and for no cause
gave orders that the inhabitants of Judah be destroyed.
I know that this is why these evils have overtaken me;
and now I am dying, in bitter grief, in a foreign land."
Responsorial
PsalmPS 9:2-3, 4 AND 6, 16 AND 19
R. (see 16a) I will
rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, Most High.
R. I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
Because my enemies are turned back,
overthrown and destroyed before you.
You rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
their name you blotted out forever and ever.
R. I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
The nations are sunk in the pit they have made;
in the snare they set, their foot is caught.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor shall the hope of the afflicted forever perish.
R. I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, Most High.
R. I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
Because my enemies are turned back,
overthrown and destroyed before you.
You rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
their name you blotted out forever and ever.
R. I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
The nations are sunk in the pit they have made;
in the snare they set, their foot is caught.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor shall the hope of the afflicted forever perish.
R. I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.
AlleluiaSEE 2 TM 1:10
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death
and brought life to light through the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death
and brought life to light through the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GospelLK 20:27-40
Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers;
the first married a woman but died childless.
Then the second and the third married her,
and likewise all the seven died childless.
Finally the woman also died.
Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be?
For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them,
"The children of this age marry and remarry;
but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die,
for they are like angels;
and they are the children of God
because they are the ones who will rise.
That the dead will rise
even Moses made known in the passage about the bush,
when he called 'Lord'
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
and he is not God of the dead, but of the living,
for to him all are alive."
Some of the scribes said in reply,
"Teacher, you have answered well."
And they no longer dared to ask him anything.
came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers;
the first married a woman but died childless.
Then the second and the third married her,
and likewise all the seven died childless.
Finally the woman also died.
Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be?
For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them,
"The children of this age marry and remarry;
but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die,
for they are like angels;
and they are the children of God
because they are the ones who will rise.
That the dead will rise
even Moses made known in the passage about the bush,
when he called 'Lord'
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
and he is not God of the dead, but of the living,
for to him all are alive."
Some of the scribes said in reply,
"Teacher, you have answered well."
And they no longer dared to ask him anything.
Meditation: "All live to him"
Is your life earth-bound or heaven-bound? The
Sadducees had one big problem - they could not conceive of heaven beyond what
they could see with their naked eyes! Aren't we often like them? We don't
recognize spiritual realities because we try to make heaven into an earthly
image. The Sadducees came to Jesus with a test question to make the
resurrection look ridiculous. The Sadducees, unlike the Pharisees, did not
believe in immortality, nor in angels or evil spirits. Their religion was
literally grounded in an earthly image of heaven.
The Scriptures give witness - we will rise again to
immortal life
Jesus retorts by dealing with the fact of the resurrection. The scriptures give proof of it. In Exodus 3:6, when God manifests his presence to Moses in the burning bush, the Lord tells him that he is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He shows that the patriarchs who died hundreds of years previously were still alive in God. Jesus defeats their arguments by showing that God is a living God of a living people. God was the friend of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when they lived. That friendship could not cease with death. As Psalm 73:23-24 states: "I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory."
Jesus retorts by dealing with the fact of the resurrection. The scriptures give proof of it. In Exodus 3:6, when God manifests his presence to Moses in the burning bush, the Lord tells him that he is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He shows that the patriarchs who died hundreds of years previously were still alive in God. Jesus defeats their arguments by showing that God is a living God of a living people. God was the friend of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when they lived. That friendship could not cease with death. As Psalm 73:23-24 states: "I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory."
The ultimate proof of the resurrection is the Lord
Jesus and his victory over death when he rose from the tomb. Before Jesus
raised Lazarus from the dead, he exclaimed: "I am the
resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he
live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you
believe this?" (John 11:25). Jesus asks us the same question. Do
you believe in the resurrection and in the promise of eternal life with God?
Jesus came to restore Paradise and everlasting life
for us
The Holy Spirit reveals to us the eternal truths of God's unending love and the life he desires to share with us for all eternity. Paul the Apostle, quoting from the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:4; 65:17) states: "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him," God has revealed to us through the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The promise of paradise - heavenly bliss and unending life with an all-loving God - is beyond human reckoning. We have only begun to taste the first-fruits! Do you live now in the joy and hope of the life of the age to come?
The Holy Spirit reveals to us the eternal truths of God's unending love and the life he desires to share with us for all eternity. Paul the Apostle, quoting from the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:4; 65:17) states: "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him," God has revealed to us through the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The promise of paradise - heavenly bliss and unending life with an all-loving God - is beyond human reckoning. We have only begun to taste the first-fruits! Do you live now in the joy and hope of the life of the age to come?
"May the Lord Jesus put his hands on our eyes
also, for then we too shall begin to look not at what is seen but at what is
not seen. May he open the eyes that are concerned not with the present but with
what is yet to come, may he unseal the heart's vision, that we may gaze on God
in the Spirit, through the same Lord, Jesus Christ, whose glory and power will
endure throughout the unending succession of ages." (Prayer of Origen,
185-254 AD)
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Jesus cites Moses to affirm the resurrection,
by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"The Savior also demonstrated the great ignorance
of the Sadducees by bringing forward their own leader Moses, who was clearly
acquainted with the resurrection of the dead. He set God before us saying in
the bush, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'
(Exodus 3:6). Of whom is he God, if, according to their argument, these have
ceased to live? He is the God of the living. They certainly will rise when his
almighty right hand brings them and all that are on the earth there. For people
not to believe that this will happen is worthy perhaps of the ignorance of the
Sadducees, but it is altogether unworthy of those who love Christ. We believe
in him who says, 'I am the resurrection and the life' (John 11:25). He will
raise the dead suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye, and at the last trumpet.
It shall sound, the dead in Christ shall rise incorruptible, and we shall be
changed (1 Corinthians 15:52). For Christ our common Savior will transfer us
into incorruption, glory and to an incorruptible life." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE,
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 25, LUKE 20:27-40
Weekday
(1 Maccabees 6:1-13; Psalm 9)
Weekday
(1 Maccabees 6:1-13; Psalm 9)
KEY VERSE: "They are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise" (v 36).
TO KNOW: A group of Sadducees tried to entrap Jesus regarding the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Since the Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection, they proposed an absurd situation in which seven brothers married the same woman in succession leaving her childless at their deaths. Then they sarcastically asked Jesus whose wife she would be in the supposed resurrection. Jesus silenced his opponents by exposing their ignorance of the scriptures. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had all died but they were eternally alive in God (Ex 3:6), as were all who had faith. The Sadducees must forfeit their position as teachers since Jesus was the authentic interpreter of God's word. Their sect is believed to have become extinct sometime after the destruction of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. Our relationship with Christ should transcend all earthly ones.
TO LOVE: Can I explain my belief in the resurrection to those who question it?
TO SERVE: Lord Jesus, I pray that I and my loved ones will share eternal life with you one day.
Optional Memorial of Saint
Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
Catherine was born in Alexandria, Egypt of a noble family. She converted to Christianity after receiving a vision. During the persecution of Maximus in AD 235, she offered to debate the pagan philosophers. Many were converted by her arguments, but Maximus had her scourged, imprisoned and martyred. Devotion to Catherine was immensely popular during the Middle Ages. There were many chapels and churches dedicated to her throughout Western Europe, and she was reported to be one of the divine advisors to St Joan of Arc. Her reputation for learning and wisdom led to her patronage of libraries and anyone associated with wisdom or teaching. Her debating skill and persuasive language has led to her patronage of lawyers. She is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, a group of saints revered in early times as particularly aiding Christians. They are: Acacius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Dionysius of Paris, Erasmus, Eustace, George, Margaret, Pantaleon, Vitus and Giles.
Saturday 25
November 2017
St Catherine of Alexandria.
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Maccabees 6:1-13. Psalm 9A:2-4, 6, 16, 19. Luke 20:27–40.
I will
rejoice in your salvation, O Lord — Psalm 9A:2-4, 6, 16, 19.
‘Who is my
mother? Who are my brothers and sisters?’
Lord, were you putting down your
mother and your disciples when you asked this question? Not at all. The gospel
here is asking us to consider the relationships with you that are more than
physical.
Because you took your human nature
from Mary, your mother is revered as Mother of God and Queen of Heaven. Because
you died for each one of us, you are the world’s redeemer. Because you rose
from the dead, you call us to share in your risen life in time and eternity.
And by your indwelling Spirit you make us temples of God, members of Christ’s
body, offering us grace and virtue for our every need.
In a ‘letter to the faithful’ St
Francis wrote, ‘We are Christ’s mother when we carry him about in our heart and
person by means of love and a pure and sincere conscience, and we give birth to
him by the good that he works in us which acts in us as an example to others.’
ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
Catholics and other Christians around the world celebrate today,
Nov. 25, the memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria, a revered martyr of the
fourth century.
St.
Catherine was the subject of great interest and devotion among later medieval
Christians. Devotees relished tales of her rejection of marriage, her rebuke to
an emperor, and her decision to cleave to Christ even under threat of torture.
Pope John Paul II restored the celebration of her memorial to the Roman
Catholic calendar in 2002.
Catherine's
popularity as a figure of devotion, during an era of imaginative hagiography,
has obscured the facts of her life. It is likely that she was of noble birth, a
convert to Christianity, a virgin by choice (before the emergence of organized
monasticism), and eventually a martyr for the faith.
Accounts
of Catherine's life also agree on the location where she was born, educated,
and bore witness to her faith. The Egyptian city of Alexandria was a center of
learning in the ancient world, and tradition represents Catherine as the highly
educated daughter of a noble pagan family.
It
is said that a vision of the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus spurred her
conversion, and the story has inspired works of art which depict her decision
to live as a virginal “spouse of Christ.”
The
Emperor Maxentius ruled Egypt during Catherine's brief lifetime, a period when
multiple co-emperors jointly governed the Roman Empire. During this time, just
before the Emperor Constantine's embrace and legalization of Christianity, the
Church was growing but also attracting persecution.
Catherine,
eager to defend the faith she had embraced, came before Maxentius to protest a
brutal campaign against the Church. At first, the emperor decided to try and
persuade her to renounce Christ. But in a debate that the emperor proceeded to
arrange between Catherine and a number of pagan philosophers, Catherine
prevailed – with her skillful apologetics converting them instead.
Maxentius'
next stratagem involved an offer to make her his mistress. She not only
rebuffed the emperor, but also reportedly convinced his wife to be baptized.
Enraged
by Catherine's boldness and resolve, the Emperor resolved to break her will
through torture on a spiked wheel. Tradition holds that she was
miraculously freed from the wheel, either before or during torture. Finally,
she was beheaded.
Maxentius
later died in a historic battle against his Co-Emperor Constantine in October
of 312, after which he was remembered disdainfully, if at all. St. Catherine,
meanwhile, inspired generations of philosophers, consecrated women, and
martyrs.
Ironically,
or perhaps appropriately – given both her embrace of virginity, and her “mystic
marriage” to Christ – young women in many Western European countries were once
known to seek her intercession in finding their husbands. Regrettably, the
torture wheel to which she herself may have been subjected was subsequently
nicknamed the “Catherine wheel,” and used even among Christian kingdoms.
Today,
St. Catherine of Alexandria is more appropriately known as the namesake of a
monastery at Mount Sinai that claims to be the oldest in the world.
LECTIO DIVINA: LUKE 20,27-40
Lectio Divina:
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Ordinary
Time
1) Opening prayer
Father of all that is good,
keep us faithful in serving you,
for to serve you is our lasting joy.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
keep us faithful in serving you,
for to serve you is our lasting joy.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
2) Gospel reading - Luke 20:27-40
Some Sadducees who argue that there is
no resurrection, approached Jesus and put this question to him, “Master, Moses
wrote for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the
widow to raise up children for his brother. Well then, there were seven brothers.
The first, having married a wife, died childless. The second and then the third
married the widow. And the same with all seven, they died leaving no children.
Finally the woman herself died. Now, at the resurrection, whose wife will she
be, since she had been married to all seven?”
Jesus replied, “The children of this world take wives and husbands, but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead do not marry because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection they are children of God.
And Moses showed that the dead rise again, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now He is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to Him everyone is alive.”
Some scribes then spoke up. They said, “Well put, Master.” They did not dare to ask Him any more questions.
Jesus replied, “The children of this world take wives and husbands, but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead do not marry because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection they are children of God.
And Moses showed that the dead rise again, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now He is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to Him everyone is alive.”
Some scribes then spoke up. They said, “Well put, Master.” They did not dare to ask Him any more questions.
3) Reflection
• The Gospel today gives us the
discussion of the Sadducees with Jesus on faith in the resurrection.
• Luke 20, 27: The ideology of the Sadducees. The Gospel today begins with the following affirmation: “The Sadducees affirm that there is no resurrection”. The Sadducees were an elite type of aristocrat. They were conservative, insisting on a literal interpretation of the Law, and were invested in Roman rule and order. They did not accept faith in the resurrection. At that time, this faith was beginning to be valued by both the Pharisees and by ordinary people. This motivated people to resist the dominion of the Romans and of the priests, elders, and the Sadducees.for whom the Messianic Kingdom was already present in the status quo. The Saducees were typically well off and content with the way things were at the time. They wanted religion to remain immutable like God himself. To ridicule faith in the resurrection, they created fictitious cases in which faith in the resurrection seemed absurd.
• Luke 20, 28-33: The fictitious case of the woman who married seven times. According to the law of the time, if the husband died without leaving any children, his brother had to marry the widow of the deceased man. This was done in case someone died without any descendants. In such cases, the dead man’s property would go to another family (Dt 25, 5-6). The Sadducees invented the story of a woman who buried seven husbands, brothers among themselves, and then she herself also died without children. And they asked Jesus: “This woman then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? Because the seven of them had her as wife”. This was invented in order to show that faith in the resurrection creates absurd situations, and exemplifies the literal interpretation the Saducees gave to the Law..
• Luke 20, 34-38: The response of Jesus which leaves no doubts. The response of Jesus displays the irritation of one who cannot bear pretense or deceit. Jesus cannot bear hypocrisy on the part of the elite which manipulates and ridicules faith in God to legitimize and defend its own interests. The response contains two parts. (a) you understand nothing of the resurrection: “The children of this world take wives and husbands, but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead, do not marry, because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection, they are children of God” (vv. 34-36). Jesus explains that the condition of persons after death will be totally different from the current condition. After death, there will be no marriages and all will be like angels in heaven. (b) The Sadducees imagined life in Heaven the same as life on earth. You understand nothing about God: “That the dead will rise, Moses has also showed this in regard to the bush, when he calls the Lord: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not God of the dead, but of the living, because all live in him”. The disciples are attentive and learn! Those who are on the side of the Sadducees find themselves on the opposite side of God.
• Luke 20, 39-40: The reaction of others before the response of Jesus. “Then some of the scribes said: “Master you have spoken well. And they no longer dared to ask Him any more questions”. It is possible that some of these scribes were Pharisees, because the Pharisees believed in the resurrection (cf. Ac 23, 6). Either way, Jesus reduced his opponents to silence.
• Luke 20, 27: The ideology of the Sadducees. The Gospel today begins with the following affirmation: “The Sadducees affirm that there is no resurrection”. The Sadducees were an elite type of aristocrat. They were conservative, insisting on a literal interpretation of the Law, and were invested in Roman rule and order. They did not accept faith in the resurrection. At that time, this faith was beginning to be valued by both the Pharisees and by ordinary people. This motivated people to resist the dominion of the Romans and of the priests, elders, and the Sadducees.for whom the Messianic Kingdom was already present in the status quo. The Saducees were typically well off and content with the way things were at the time. They wanted religion to remain immutable like God himself. To ridicule faith in the resurrection, they created fictitious cases in which faith in the resurrection seemed absurd.
• Luke 20, 28-33: The fictitious case of the woman who married seven times. According to the law of the time, if the husband died without leaving any children, his brother had to marry the widow of the deceased man. This was done in case someone died without any descendants. In such cases, the dead man’s property would go to another family (Dt 25, 5-6). The Sadducees invented the story of a woman who buried seven husbands, brothers among themselves, and then she herself also died without children. And they asked Jesus: “This woman then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? Because the seven of them had her as wife”. This was invented in order to show that faith in the resurrection creates absurd situations, and exemplifies the literal interpretation the Saducees gave to the Law..
• Luke 20, 34-38: The response of Jesus which leaves no doubts. The response of Jesus displays the irritation of one who cannot bear pretense or deceit. Jesus cannot bear hypocrisy on the part of the elite which manipulates and ridicules faith in God to legitimize and defend its own interests. The response contains two parts. (a) you understand nothing of the resurrection: “The children of this world take wives and husbands, but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead, do not marry, because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection, they are children of God” (vv. 34-36). Jesus explains that the condition of persons after death will be totally different from the current condition. After death, there will be no marriages and all will be like angels in heaven. (b) The Sadducees imagined life in Heaven the same as life on earth. You understand nothing about God: “That the dead will rise, Moses has also showed this in regard to the bush, when he calls the Lord: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not God of the dead, but of the living, because all live in him”. The disciples are attentive and learn! Those who are on the side of the Sadducees find themselves on the opposite side of God.
• Luke 20, 39-40: The reaction of others before the response of Jesus. “Then some of the scribes said: “Master you have spoken well. And they no longer dared to ask Him any more questions”. It is possible that some of these scribes were Pharisees, because the Pharisees believed in the resurrection (cf. Ac 23, 6). Either way, Jesus reduced his opponents to silence.
4) Personal questions
• Today, how do the groups which have
power imitate the Sadducees and prepare traps in order to prevent changes in
the world and in the Church?
• Do you believe in the resurrection? When you say that you believe in the resurrection, do you think about something of the past, of the present or of the future? Have you ever had an experience of resurrection in your life?
• Do you believe in the resurrection? When you say that you believe in the resurrection, do you think about something of the past, of the present or of the future? Have you ever had an experience of resurrection in your life?
5) Concluding prayer
This I believe: I shall see the goodness
of Yahweh,
in the land of the living.
Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold,
put your hope in Yahweh. (Ps 27,13-14)
in the land of the living.
Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold,
put your hope in Yahweh. (Ps 27,13-14)
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