God of the Living

As we draw to the end of the Liturgial year, the Chuch reflects on the life to come.  In the second century before Christ, the notion of life after death had gained momentum and had become accepted in some circles.  It is one of the few things Jesus shared in common with the Pharisees, and explains further as he refutes the question of the Sadducees around the question of seven husbands for one wife in the world to come. For one thing, Jesus recognized the "hook" in the question, for the Sadducees did not believe in life after death.  Then he says that in the life to come, all will be different: there will be no marriage and the "children of God" will be like angels. (Cf. Lk 20: 36)
This might give us pause to ask, "What will life-after death be like?" St. Paul told the Corinthians that "no eye has seen, nor ear has heard, no mind has conceived what Do has prepared for those who love him."  (1Cor. 2:9). We can imagine, but we cannot know until we get there, but we are assured that "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living;l because to him they are all alive." (Lk 20:38) We trust his word and live with faith in the promise of everlasting life.
Bro. Rene