Mar 21, 2026
And this hope is announced in the first reading from the prophet Ezekiel, where God promises his people:
“I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and I will put my spirit in you that you may live.”
God is a God who brings life where people see only death.
Then Jesus says something extraordinary to Martha. He tells her:
“I am the resurrection and the life.”
Notice that Jesus does not say, “I will give resurrection.” He says, “I am the resurrection.”
Resurrection is not only something that will happen in the future.
Resurrection begins whenever Jesus enters our lives.
This is why Saint Paul reminds us in the second reading:
“If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he will give life to your mortal bodies also.”