November 21, 2020
Saturday for di Week Thirty-Three for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Wen Dem Present di Blessed Virgin Mary—Memorial
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Some Sadducees, wey deny say di dead go rise again, come meet Jesus and ask Am dis question. Dem talk say, “Teacher, Moses write for us say, If person brother die leave wife but no pikin, di brother must marry di wife and born children to continue im brother family line. Now, seven brothers dey…” Luke 20:27-29a
Di Sadducees continue to give Jesus one difficult example so dem fit trap Am. Dem tell di story of seven brothers wey each one die without any pikin. After each one die, di next brother marry di first brother wife as im own wife. Di question wey dem ask na dis: “Now, wen di dead rise again, whose wife di woman go be?” Dem ask dis question to trick Jesus because, as di passage above talk, di Sadducees deny say di dead go rise again.
Of course, Jesus give dem di answer. E explain say marriage na for dis present age, no be for di age wen di dead go rise again. Im answer scatter dia plan to trap Am, and di scribes, wey believe say di dead go rise again, praise Im answer.
One thing wey dis story show us na say di Truth dey perfect and nothing fit defeat am. Na di Truth dey win every time! As Jesus talk wetin be true, E expose di foolishness of di Sadducees. E show say no human trick fit weaken di Truth.
Dis na important lesson wey we need to learn because e concern every part of life. We fit no get di same question as di Sadducees, but almost no doubt dey say, as we dey go through life, we go get difficult questions. We fit no dey ask our questions to trap Jesus or challenge Am, but we go surely get questions.
Dis Gospel story suppose reassure us say, no matter wetin dey confuse us, answer dey. No matter wetin we no understand, if we seek di Truth, we go find di Truth.
Today, think deeply about wetin dey challenge you pass for your journey of faith. E fit be question about life after death, suffering, or creation. E fit be something wey concern you personally deep inside. Or e fit be say, lately, you never spend enough time to think of questions to ask our Lord. No matter how e be, seek di Truth for everything and ask our Lord for wisdom, so your faith go dey grow deeper every day.
Lord, I truly want to know everything wey You don reveal. I want to understand di things for life wey dey confuse and challenge me pass. Help me every day make my faith in You and my understanding of Your Truth grow deeper. Jesus, na You I trust.
More Reflections on the Gospel
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Saint of di Day – Wen Dem Present di Blessed Virgin Mary
Di featured picture above: Di Pharisees and di Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus, by James Tissot
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