+ The seven brothers who bravely approach their martyrdom in the
Second Book of Maccabees have a better sense of life after death than the
Sadducees with their absurd hypothesis about seven deceased brothers.
One martyred brother filled
with conviction, declares, “The King of the world will raise us up to live again
forever.”
Jesus verifies this: “Those
who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age no longer die; they are like
angels.”
God is not the God of the
dead, “but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
Our faith, however,
disintegrates when subjected to skepticism and doubt.
Saint Paul counsels us: “May
our Lord Jesus Christ encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good
deed and word. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the
endurance of Christ.
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