6 November 2022 - 32nd Sunday "C
2 M 7:1-2.9-14; 2 Thess 2:16--3:5; Lk 20:27-38
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' answer 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 the afterlife is like; and this is impossible, because we can only 'imagine' something by using 'images' from our present limited life. But the afterlife is beyond all such images and limitations. It will not be a new life; it will be the same life, but free from all the limitations of the present existence.