32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
1st Reading: 2 Maccabees7”1-2, 9-14
2nd Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5
Gospel: Luke 20: 27-38
There is so much going on in these readings it was really hard in determining what to talk about. It looks on the face that what is being said is; “How to live our lives here and now even in the midst of suffering and what that suffering will bring us.” In a way, this could be the point.
We have all gone through suffering of sorts; physical as well as emotional whether it was a serious illness or disease or even the loss of a loved one. Last Tuesday we celebrated All Saints Day. We remembered the Saints, especially the way they lived their lives here on earth. What is so special about them is that the life lived on earth was a live lived in hope of what is promised to all of us, eternal life in heaven. What was so special in these saints was the total let going and the giving over of their lives to Christ despite the hardships endured during their journeys. …
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