READINGS:

1 R : Ez 37: 12 - 14.
Ps   129 : 1 - 2, 3 - 4ab, 4c -  6, 7 - 8.
 2 R Rom  8 : 8 - 11.
Gos :  Jn 11 : 1 - 45.

TODAY'S READINGS FACILITATE A MEANINGFUL REFLECTION ON LIFE  AND THE END OF EARTHLY LIFE,  CULMINATING IN THE FINAL GLORIFICATION.

THE FIRST READING FROM PROPHET EZEKIEL ASSURES US THAT GOD IS ABLE TO OPEN  OUR  " GRAVES ".
THIS READING IS PRECEDED BY THE VISION OF THE  ' DRY BONES '. THE JEWISH BELIEF WAS THAT THERE IS LIFE ' LEFT ' TILL THE BONES DRY UP. ONCE THEY DRY UP THERE IS NO HOPE OF REVIVAL. YET, EZEKIEL IS ASKED TO PROPHESY AND THE DRY BONES COME ALIVE. ( Ez 37 : 1- 10 ) THEN GOD SPEAKS  THE ABOVE WORDS THROUGH EZEKIEL.

ST. PAUL, IN THE SECOND READING CAUTIONS US AGAINST THE FORCES OF WORKING WITHIN EACH OF US. THEREFORE WE ARE EXHORTED TO TURN AWAY FROM THE NORMS OF ' FLESH ' AND EMBRACE THE WILL OF THE ' SPIRIT '.

THE GOSPEL,EXPLAINS IN DETAIL THE  RAISING OF LAZARUS  FROM DEATH AND THE APT TEACHING ON RESURRECTION.
JESUS DECLARES THAT HE IS LIFE AND RESURRECTION. WHOEVER BELIEVES HIM WILL NOT GO TO ETERNAL DAMNATION.
HE IS SAVED FROM MORTAL LIFE AND RAISED TO IMMORTALITY.

WE MUST NOTE THAT, MARTHA AND MARY BELIEVED THIS TRUTH  BEFORE THE MIRACLE AND NOT AFTER EVERYTHING HAPPENED.

WE ARE ALSO CALLED UPON TO BELIEVE IN RESURRECTION OF THE BODY AND LIFE EVERLASTING.

WE ARE CALLED UPON TO COME OUT OF OUR ' GRAVES '.

FOR SOME GRAVE IS ALCOHOLISM, DRUGS AND SMOKE; FOR OTHERS IT MAY BE SEXUAL PROMISCUITY, ADDICTIONS TO MOBILE AND SOCIAL MEDIA; FOR STILL OTHERS IT MAY BE ANGER, GRUDGE, VENGEANCE . AVARICE , DESIRE FOR FAST MOEY,
BETTING, SINGLE NUMBER, MATKA........
WHATEVER THE GRAVE JESUS TODAY ORDERS TO COME OUT AND BE RELEASED LIKE LAZARUS.

ARE YOU READY TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE ???????????

 

 

 

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