The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)

The tie in between today’s readings: Coming back

Psalm 130:1-8, Ezekiel 37:12-14, Romans 8:8-11, John 11:1-45

We say that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. A good lawyer can keep you from the one. Exercise, supplements, and checkups can postpone the other as we keep that nagging knowledge in the back closets of our minds that nobody gets out of here alive. That’s not the scariest part. Along with the mortality rate, the immortality rate is 100% also and it can be best guess to figure out where we’ll end up when we pass over. With that said, no matter what you are dealing with right now: bills, family, job, etc., it’s the afterlife that’s your biggest problem.

Some deny that there is anything after death. I’ll deal with that later. The vast majority “knows” that there…