5 June 2024 - Wednesday of the 9th even-numbered week
2 Tim 1:1-3, 6-12; Mk 12:18-27
Homily
The Sadducees in this Gospel are not really interested in learning anything from Jesus. They simply want to set a trap for him. Since they do not believe in the resurrection, they want to show how such a belief leads to ridiculous consequences. Jesus' response is rather mysterious. In fact, it seems that he simply wants to show them that it is their approach that is ridiculous. They are trying to ‘imagine’ what life is like after death; and this is impossible, because we can only ‘imagine’ something using ‘images’ drawn from our present, limited life. But life after death is beyond all these images and all these limits. It will not be a new life; it will be the same life, but freed from all the limitations of present existence.