The action of the Sadducees to attempt to trap Jesus in the
Gospel from Luke in the Roman Catholic Lectionary brings a response from Him
that “those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the
resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage” (Luke 20.35)
Father Larry Gillick SJ reminds us that Jesus comments are to alert us to the
tendency, like that of the Sadducees to look to the literal interpretation of
the Law to guide our relationship with God. The Leverite marriage rules were
adopted by the Jews from prevailing customs in the Middle East to guide the
rules of passing on of estates. Friar Jude Winkler note that the battle against
the customs and law which are intended to persecute believers requires us to
seek the strength of Divine assistance as the author of the second letter to
the Thessalonians prays in the text today. The Life which we share in Christ continues
through to our resurrection. The “resurrected “ live in God and are free from
the constraints of mortality.
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