God, You Are My Hope

1 Maccabees 6:1-13
Luke 20:27-40

In today’s gospel, we see Jesus being questioned by the Sadducees (the Jewish religious sects that do not believe in the resurrection of the body or the existence of angels ). He clearly declares to them that God is not a God of the dead but of the living. In other words, when we physically die in this world part of us lives on forever that is, the soul . The Sadducees denied this because they had not fully accepted the teachings in the scriptures.

The analogy that was given of a woman with seven husbands reminds us of Sarah the wife of Tobias. We have Christ’s word for life after death and also the promise of eternal life to those who trust and believe in the promise He has made. Do you believe in Jesus’ promise? He wants us to share the Good News with others freely so that all who believe in Him will also be saved and enjoy peace that lasts forever.

Fr Joseph Osho