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Sown Seeds

Brothers and sisters: Someone may say, "How are the dead raised?  With what kind of body will they come back?"

You fool! What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be but a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind. So also is the resurrection of the dead.  It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible. It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful.  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.  If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one. 

St. Paul gives us a clue to resurrection.  We are raised as a spiritual body, not a physical one.  We will be different.   But we are still left guessing.   There is no other option than to place our faith in God, and then time will tell, especially when we have no more time on earth – just eternity.  Ever wonder how we will keep busy?  Should be easy because in eternity there is no time, as we know it.  Confusing?  You bet.

Another way to consider this reading is to understand we are all seeds with some of us still not sown.  We are bare kernels producing no fruit on earth through good works.  From little acorns big oaks grow.  Let’s germinate with the Holt Spirit’s help and become those big oaks, or perhaps apple trees with much tastier fruit.

Deacon David Pierce

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