+ The readings for mass today are both informative and comforting.
The
gospel passage shows Jesus as he is, a man of compassion and love. He restores
the life of a widow’s son and give him back to her. What rejoicing must have
been in her heart, and what gratitude to God, and to this man Jesus – who she
was refrained from recognizing as God’s own Son. It was God the Father who
prompted Jesus to do this for her – because he understood sons, and he knew
that in the not too distant future his own son would be murdered, just for
being his Son, and for doing what a Son of God would do.
Jesus, no doubt at all, can
restore to us broken parts of ourselves, broken or even dead relationships, all
sorts of hopeless scenes and scenarios, broken relationships with him, where we
become the dead son or daughter due to sin.
All we need do is ask him, he
is poised and waiting for this act of trust on our part – and he will answer
directly and appropriately – though sometimes not in the way we had guessed he
would, nor in the timeframe that we had in mind.
The first reading talks about
being members of one body – we who are baptized – and so the more we realize that
for good or ill we are all connected in some way – it should make it easier for
us to pray for one another, and to be willing to enter into life giving, life
restoring, regenerative relationships with people – even though we may have to
willingly enter into reconciliation processes for this to happen.
With God – all things are
possible!
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