Nagsabat si Marta, "Nahibaluan ko nga mabanhaw siya sa katapusan nga adlaw kon banhawon na ang mga patay"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Juan 11:19-27)

Gani madamo nga mga Judio nga taga-Jerusalem ang nagkadto didto sa paglipay kay Marta kag kay Maria sa pagkapatay sang ila utod.

Pagkabati ni Marta nga nagapadulong si Jesus, nagguwa siya sa pagsugata sa iya, pero si Maria nagpabilin sa balay.

Pag-abot ni Marta kay Jesus, nagsiling siya, "Ginoo, kon diri ka lang, wala kuntani napatay ang akon utod.

Pero nahibaluan ko nga bisan karon magahatag ang Dios sa imo sang bisan ano nga imo pangayuon sa iya."

Nagsiling si Jesus sa iya, "Mabanhaw ang imo utod."

Nagsabat si Marta, "Nahibaluan ko nga mabanhaw siya sa katapusan nga adlaw kon banhawon na ang mga patay."

Nagsiling si Jesus sa iya, "Ako ang nagabanhaw sang mga patay, kag ako man ang nagahatag sang kabuhi. Ang nagatuo sa akon, bisan mapatay pa siya, mabuhi siya liwat.

Ang bisan sin-o nga nagakabuhi kag nagatuo sa akon indi na mapatay hasta kon san-o. Ti, nagapati ka bala sini?"

Nagsabat si Marta, "Huo, Ginoo! Nagapati gid ako nga ikaw amo ang Cristo, ang Anak sang Dios nga amon ginahulat nga magaabot diri sa kalibutan."

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, you are the Resurrection and the Life. Strengthen my faith and hope in your promises that I may radiate the joy of the gospel to others."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

What gives us hope and joy in the face of death? The loss of a loved one naturally produces grief and anguish of heart. When Martha, the sister of Lazarus and a close friend of Jesus, heard that Jesus was coming to pay respects for the loss of Lazarus, she immediately went out to meet him before he could get to her house. What impelled her to leave the funeral party in order to seek Jesus out? Was it simply the companionship and consolation of a friend who loved her brother deeply? Or did she recognize in Jesus the hope that God would restore life? Martha, like many Orthodox Jews, believed in the life to come. The loss of her brother did not diminish her hope in the resurrection. She even gently chides Jesus for not coming soon enough to save Lazarus from an untimely death. Jesus does something unexpected and remarkable both to strengthen her faith and hope in the life to come and to give her a sign of what he was to accomplish through his own death and resurrection. Jesus gave to her belief a new and profound meaning: He came from the Father to defeat sin and death for us and to restore life to those who believe in him. Jesus states unequivocally the he himself is the Resurrection and the Life. The life he offers is abundant life – life which issues from God himself. And eternal life – the fulness of life which knows no end. Do you seek the abundant life which Jesus offers to those who believe in him?