Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Luke 20: 27-40
November 22, 2025 | Saturday

Today’s Gospel

Then some Sadducees arrived. These people claim that there is no resurrection, and they asked Jesus this question, “Master, in the law Moses told us, ‘If anyone dies leaving a wife but no children, his brother must take the wife, and any child born to them will be regarded as the child of the deceased.’ Now, there were seven brothers: the first married, but died without children. The second married the woman, but also died childless. And then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children. Last of all the woman died. On the day of the resurrection, to which of them will the woman be a wife? For all seven had her as a wife.”

And Jesus replied, “Taking a husband or a wife is proper to people of  this  world,  but  for  those  who  are considered worthy of the world to come, and of resurrection from the dead, there is no more marriage. Besides, they cannot die, for they are like the angels. They are sons and daughters of God, because they are born of the resurrection.

Yes, the dead will be raised, as  Moses  revealed  at the burning bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. For God is God of the living, and not of the dead, for to him everyone is alive.” Some teachers of the law then agreed with Jesus, “Master, you have spoken well.” They didn’t dare ask him anything else.

Today’s Reflection

In the afterlife, relationships such as husbands, wives, parents, or children  are  no longer in place. All will become equal in the eyes of God, members of one family not bonded by blood but by faith. When Jesus says that our “God is God of the living, and not of the dead, for to Him everyone is alive,” He refers to life after death. Earthly death is given a new meaning—it becomes a birth into a new life with God. This implies that life on earth is a journey towards the life to come, a life of true happiness and joy. This message of Jesus gave hope to the early Christians who experienced persecution. While death was imminent for them because they believed in Jesus as the Messiah, their fear turned into joy because they were assured of the eternal glory promised by Jesus to those who remained faithful to Him, even unto death. Perhaps we can  look  forward to the joy of everlasting life while still here on earth if we become living testimonies of God’s love to those we meet day by day. It starts within our biological family.

/Vulnerasti, 2025