Clothe yourself with Love Col. 3:14

In the name of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! Amen. Seldom do we appreciate life as a gift. Occasionally, some life events do bring us to our knees and compel us to pray and contemplate life’s purpose and meaning.   When Jesus talks about life, he means the fullness of human experience and a sense of “aliveness” in God which is in itself a gift of grace. The Hebrew word used in our OT lesson is wind, spirit or breath . In my commentary it is said that It’s difficult to know how to translate it, but the Hebrews don’t have to. They understand that the Prophet Ezekiel was commanded to call upon the wind, [which also stands for the breath of God or the breath of life] saying: “ Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again !” This incredible vision of Ezekiel brings a vivid image of first death, and then, life. It was a vision of a valley of scattered dry bones. When Ezekiel was asked if the bones can live, he had no answer. Of course, for Ezekiel, the image

  Beware the trap ahead ! In France there is an app on the Cellphone that helps motorists to know where are police speed traps on the highway. Since people in Germany don’t have speed limit in some areas, they are often unaware that things are not the same when they get into another country. This app has been helpful to many but the police is not happy about it. The intention is that you drive within the legal limit all the time, not just some section of the trip. Today’s Gospel has some resemblance with this police warning app. Just imagine a narrow road with followers of Jesus, walking towards heaven, and the evil one trying to put traps so the walkers may fall or be delayed. The Devil wants us to get in trouble so we can fall into his trap and sin against God. Satan has tried it with Jesus by putting traps in front of Jesus, hoping that Jesus would sin against the Father. Each time, Jesus came out victorious because not only the word of God helped but also because of who Jesus