The Indwelling
Power
The "Spirit" promised
in Ezekiel and the "Life" personified in Jesus are one and the same.
By raising Lazarus, Jesus demonstrated that death is not a barrier to God’s WORD.
For us, this means the Resurrection Power is not a distant, future event, it is
a current, internal presence. As St. Paul echoes in 2nd Reading, if
the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He will also
give life to your mortal bodies. We are no longer defined by our
"graves" (ie: sin) but by the Spirit that sustains us.
Together, these readings teach that God’s Spirit restores, Jesus conquers death, and all who believe in Him are freed, renewed, and given eternal life beyond every form of death.
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