Dead is Dead!

Sacred Gifts and Holy Gatherings
Four Weddings and a Funeral
A Wedding in Cana

Matthew 8:22  The Message

²² Jesus refused. “First things first. Your business is life, not death. Follow me. Pursue life.”

For Reflection 

Let's face it.  Our human condition evolves from birth, to life and inevitably, to death.  I know that we don't want to think about it or even, when we come face to face with death, talk frankly about it.  We say, "He or she is in a better place" or "he or she has passed."  Dying at a young age is especially tragic.  So as in all deaths, young and old, we rationalize the mystery of death and dying.  "God wanted him or her in heaven," we say.  We feel pain in the loss of life.  We fail to explain the after-life.

Pray

for the radical trust in God that assures eternal life.  Pray so that you will pursue a life of living the gospel.