Nagsabat si Marta, “Nahibaluan ko mabanhaw sia"

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

kag madamo nga mga Judio ang nag-abot sa paglipay kay Marta kag kay Maria tungod sang pagkapatay sang ila utod. 

Sang pagkabati ni Marta nga nagapadulong si Jesus, naggwa sia sa pagsugata sa iya, pero si Maria nagpabilin sa balay.

Nagsiling si Marta kay Jesus, “Ginoo, kon yari ka lang diri, wala kuntani mapatay ang akon utod!

Pero nahibaluan ko nga bisan subong ang Dios magahatag sa imo sang bisan ano nga imo pangayuon sa iya.” 

Si Jesus nagsiling sa iya, “Mabanhaw ang imo utod.” 

Nagsabat si Marta, “Nahibaluan ko nga mabanhaw sia sa katapusan nga adlaw.” 

Si Jesus nagsiling sa iya, “Ako amo ang pagkabanhaw kag ang kabuhi. Ang nagatuo sa akon, bisan pa nga mapatay sia, magakabuhi; kag ang nagakabuhi kag nagatuo sa akon indi gid mapatay. Nagatuo ka bala sini?” 

Nagsabat sia, “Huo, Ginoo! Nagatuo gid ako nga ikaw amo ang Cristo, ang Anak sang Dios, nga magakari 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?