They glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.” (Luke 7:16b NABRE)
Jesus performed many miracles during his brief few years of ministry, but none more compelling as signs of his divinity than those few occasions when he willingly demonstrated his power over death itself. Today's passage describes the frightened crowd's response to such a moment when Jesus raised a widow's son from the dead, publicly, as the man was being carried out of the city for burial.
Death has no hold over the faithful. The power of Jesus overwhelms even the finality of life's greatest mystery. When we breathe our last, we are able to do so peacefully and in joy, certain of the eternal welcome awaiting us just beyond that moment.
May we live each moment joyfully aware of the brevity of this life and the eternity of the next.
Today, I will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the souls of the faithfully departed.
Saint Boniface, patron of Germany who knew that to follow Christ is to follow the way of the cross, pray for us.
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