13th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 God did not make death Wisdom 1:13

Everyday we experience death. 

The sun sets and night comes. 

We say good by to people we may never see again. 

Yesterday is gone never to return. 

Death is part of our daily lives. 

God however did not make death. 

God made us to be imperishable. 

In His own Eternal image. 

We on the other hand make death. 

Mankind has never known a time without war. 

In the last 100yrs alone, there have been over 230 million killed in wars 

Between an estimated 72 countries. 

Between 2015-2019 there have been 292 million abortions worldwide 

That is just for 4 years. 

It is quite possible that there have been over one billion abortions in the last 40 yrs. 

slavery and human trafficking is not a thing of the past it continues to this day even in our own country. 

In the past 20yrs there have been over one million drug related deaths in the United States alone. 

Shootings in our city streets are more common than jaywalking. 

We are divided racially, politically, religiously, sexually and culturally. 

And then there is the death by a thousands cuts

As we gossip, criticize and judge others about everything great and small. 

God is not the cause of death. 

We are!

We are hemorrhaging as a race!

Like the woman in the Gospel, we need to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment. 

We however have something greater than his garment. 

We have His Body and Blood. 

That we receive at Communion. 

But like the woman 

We must receive it with Faith;

A Faith that is put into practice everyday and not just on weekends. 

Or it will have little effect. 

Jesus came to save us from death. 

He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly Jn. 10:10