{"id":946,"date":"2019-11-07T11:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T11:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=946"},"modified":"2019-11-07T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T11:14:38","slug":"reflection10-november-2019-c-thirty-second-sunday-of-year-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=946","title":{"rendered":"Reflection:10 November 2019 (C) Thirty-Second Sunday of Year (c)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Reflection &amp;\nDialogue<\/em><\/strong><em>: The Resurrection of the Dead and Life Everlasting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nicene Creed ends with the words: We look forward to\nthe resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. As this\nliturgical year draws to a close we, clergy and laity, could profitably reflect\non these truths. There is no need here to dwell on the first of these, which\nhas been commented on in today\u2019s readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With\nregard to eternal life, one is often asked as to what we really know about it,\ngoing on credible sources and leaving imagination aside. We have the words of St Paul (1 Corinthians\n2:9): \u201cAs it is written: What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human\nheart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him\u201d. We can recall\nthat it will not be as human life is here on earth, but as Jesus said to the\nSadducees, comparable to that of the angels. We know, however, that in the\nChurch we pray to the elect in heaven, that they hear our prayers, and\nintercede for the living on earth. They thus are aware of events on earth, a\ntruth we profess in belief in the communion of saints. One could expand on\nthis, but this is not necessary here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another truth\nworth recalling at this time is that our belief in eternal life does not affect\nour concern for human affairs, and the betterment of our society and way of\nlife. In fact it should add to it. Since we look forward to new heavens and a\nnew earth, where righteousness is at home (2 Peter 3:13) we should aim to have our\npresent world already conform to this as &nbsp;much as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection &amp; Dialogue: The Resurrection of the Dead and Life Everlasting The Nicene Creed ends with the words: We look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}