June 7 - Wednesday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.3:1-11,16-17; Ps.25:1-9; Mk.12:18-27) “He is the God of the living, not of the dead.” Rich readings. First of all, we see the striking similarity between the story woven by the Sadducees to thwart the wisdom of the Lord and the situation in which Sarah finds herself. In both cases, seven – the number representing fullness – husbands have died. In one the wife has also died; in the other, she wishes for death. And in both there have been no children, no fruit, no new life. Death in its fullness is throughout today’s readings, as even Tobit begs to die. In addition to death, our readings…
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