DESTROYING DEATH (1 Cor 15:26)
“You make an end of them in their sleep.” –Psalm 90:5 Mass Readings: September 24 First: Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:8; Resp: Psalm 90:3-6,12-14,17; Gospel: Luke 9:43-45 The author of Ecclesiastes, living centuries before the revelation of Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life (Jn 11:25), is naturally pessimistic about life. For example, he goes on and on about growing old. Then he speaks of death in six ways. Death is like going home, a snapped cord, a broken bowl, a shattered pitcher, a pulley fallen into a well, and dust returning to earth (Eccl 12:5-7). It isn’t enough for him to say that...