Jesus said, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha replied, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection,
at the last day.” But Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. Whoever believes in me, though he die, shall live.
Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Martha then answered, “Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
he who is coming into the world.”
REFLECTION:
When we experience losing a loved one, especially the most significant other in our life, we cannot be consoled by any sympathy.
In fact, we purposely refuse to be consoled or allow others to share our sorrow.
We can be thankful to all those who come and express their share of grief; but, it cannot really be shared.
We want to exclusively own the loss—we wish all these wakes, rituals, and people gone.
If there is anything that can really appease us, it is bringing back to life our dead loved one.
Nothing else. Others will be scared, I am not. This is the one thing Jesus gives to the grieving Martha—and she cannot ask for more.
It would not matter to her if Lazarus was not brought back to life. Jesus compensates all our losses.
Having Him is like raising to life the loved ones we lost.
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