HOMILY FOR THE 32ND SUNDAY IN THE ORDINARY TIME YEAR C/The affirmation of life after death
Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 THEME: THE AFFIRMATION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH There was a gathering of children from different parts of the world, and a teacher asked what each child would like to be in future. Some children from advanced countries were the first to put up their hands. One confidently said: “I want to be a Lawyer”; another said, “I want to be a Doctor.” But one of the children coming from a developing country where infant mortality was very high gently raised her hand and when the teacher pointed at her to speak up, she simply said, “I want to be alive.” A strange answer, this may sound funny and unbelievable. However, given the surrounding in which this child was growing up, there is some wisdom in the answer. If you are giving the same question: “What will you like to be after death”? There will be all kinds of answers. Some will say: “I do not know.” Others will say, “I will like to be ...