32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 20:27-38
“Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all men are in fact alive.’” Often, we want that the God be God of the dead and not of the living. Because when God is God of the dead, He is not my God because I am still living. Then I can make my own gods. Or we can configure God according to our necessities. We can disregard everything and everyone as God is only God of the dead. My principles and my convictions become god. Because of this, Jesus said, God is God of the living. God of the living is love because it’s His love that keeps everything alive. Even death does not affect us, in fact with the death, everyone turns into children of the resurrection. God of the living cannot be put into my framework or cannot be configured. God of the living demands that I respect each one as each one is alive in Him. And then the relationship with God is not a static lifeless one but a dynamic living relationship. It’s an eternal relationship which gives eternal life. God of the living stands above everything because He is life. Therefore, the Gospel puts before us the question: Do you feel alive your relationship with God?