Death is an uncomfortable topic.
No matter how hard we try to avoid it, it will eventually catch up with all of us like thief in the night. Death has probably already touched us in some way. Maybe a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a friend, or a child.
Death is indeed a great loss and yet through it we are called to be people of faith. Through faith in the risen Lord we are able to exclaim that life has changed, but not ended.
From our Epistle we were told, “Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” None of us have yet to see Heaven and yet it is the hope to we must now strive. None of us have seen with our own eyes the risen Lord, but we must have faith in His healing word.
At the heart of such a exclamation made by Saint Paul is hope to all of us that something great lies in wait despite all the hardships that we might called to endure in this life. Faith is the answer even if we do not see the instant result that we desire to see.
Our gospel called us to be vigilant for through such vigilance we will be found prepared for death. The thought of death may be uncomfortable and scary, but we don’t have to live in fear because through our faith in Christ we have something far greater for we have found the pearl of great price.
Let faith in the risen Lord continue to move us forward towards this Heavenly homeland. Through faith we must put into action what we believe and profess. Death is truly imminent, but it is a message of hope from within us to live each and every moment in grace, virtue, and love. Turn towards the Lord in prayer and place your trust in Him. This is the hope that we now hold for those who have now gone before us as this should be the hope for which we now long.
In faith let us turn towards the Lord in order to pray for the deceased that they may be called home to God and all the angels and saints may come to escort them into Paradise this day. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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