When death meets life

On this, Trinity 16, God’s word reminds us that when the procession of death meets the procession of life, death is defeated. In today’s scriptures, we see Elijah raise the widow son from the dead, and Jesus, coming into Nain, raise the Widows son. The funeral procession meets the procession of Jesus and his followers. Jesus Christ has defeated sin, death, and the devil.

When evil and death seek to rob us of hope in this world, the Gospel reminds us that Christ is victorious.