Wednesday 27 November 2013

27. IV WED of Dedication of the Church



Mk. 12: 18-27: The Sadducees reduces Jesus’ theory of individual resurrection by presenting a story of a bride with 7 brothers. Jesus’ response is that the mystery of eternal life is not a projection of this life. We can only approach the mysteries of our faith through metaphors, symbols and images. Such images should not be forced to carry a load for which they were not built. But rather these must be pointers which stretch our minds beyond the present into the mystery of God. We should have faith to go beyond these images to which the Sadducees never reached.

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