FROM BIRTH TO DEATH WITH GIFTS

                                                 

                                   

The life of Jesus from his conception to his burial seems incomprehensible. However, Let us not forget that He possess two natures. He is both God and man.

The Man Jesus after his death on the cross, was laid in a tomb. Jesus has been cared for from birth to death; from the visit by the three magi [who presented him with three gifts-gold, frankincense, and myrrh] to the presentation of the tomb by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimethea, not forgetting the paternal and maternal love he enjoyed both from Joseph and Mary. After his death, one of these gifts presented by the magi- myrrh, was used to preserve his body. 

    

 Your good works will journey with you wherever you go. Would you be surprised when He was handed the Scroll in the Synagogue and He read where it was written...

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind,

to set the oppressed free,

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” ? ( Luke 4:18-19)

And this is what He came to accomplish. This is the unmerited gift of God.

In this year of Mercy, we have been drawn to the Spiritual and corporal works of mercy. Jesus is laid in the tomb. One of the corporal works of mercy carried out is “to bury the dead”. The dead also need to be treated with care. Show concern and love for people not only on their death beds, but journey with them in their sorrows and joys. Let us not lose sight of the fact that, death is only a transition from one state of life to another.

In the tomb was great silence. Very soon that silence will be broken because death has no power over the Son of God. Even in the tomb, Jesus is still God. He has gone there to liberate those who have been buried before him and to reconcile us back to the Father. Do you know what? That is the greatest gift of God the Father to the world.

May we also journey with the Lord on earth, taking care of the created order and not disfigure it.

(Based on the 14th Station of the Cross---Jesus is buried in a tomb. Luke 23:50-56)