Life is not a tomb, but a womb

Gospel Thoughts

*Ordinary Season : 21st Week - Wednesday*

*GOSPEL - Mt 23:27-32*

*First Reading - 1 Thes 2:9-13*

*Life is not a tomb, but a womb*

*Is my life equal to a Tomb Building*

*1) The Reality of Tomb Building*

In today's Gospel Jesus makes a mention of Tomb and tomb building 

Primarily tomb are found in the burial ground and we find variety of tombs. 

Some tombs are beautiful, other are miserable in conditions, still others can't be recognised 

But whatever may be the case of the tombs, inside of the tomb, reality is same 

At the most we get some bones, bad smell, scary appearance, and rotten things. This is the reality of every tomb 

*2) The Logic of the Tomb and the Human life*

The Gospel of the day sees a direct connection between the logic of the Tomb with the Human life 

Jesus compares the life of a hypocrite person to the whitewashed tombs 

As the whitewashed tombs apprear beautiful, even though there is lots bad things inside the tomb,  so also the life of a hypocrite person, which at times appears beautiful from outside, but inside full of filth of jealousy, revenge, hatred, pride, anger etc 

Such life, which is equal to whitewashed tombs, is useless and it only highlights the duplicity of ones life 

*3) Tomb comes after death, but if it is applied to life means?*

Usually the concept of tomb comes only after the death of the person 

A living person can't be equated with the Tomb

The very fact when Jesus says that the hypocrites are like whitewashed tomb, they are equal to the dead persons 

Living a life of the dead state, while still one is living on this earth is the biggest tragedy of life 

While still living a person acts like a dead man, that is the greatest tragedy of ones life.

*4) Tombs are end of bodily human life*

Tomb is the end of some aspect of our life. There is a full stop in the tomb. 

When a life becomes like a tomb, there are many good aspects, which see a drastic end, and life becomes meaningless. 

As the bodily life ends in the tomb, when life becomes like a tomb, many of the good aspects of our life see a drastic end. 

A life which loses the good values, loses its life, and only the effects of tomb remain in life. That is the greatest tragedy of ones life 

*5) Tomb building is not a comfortable place*

No body would like to remain long in the burial place, where the tomb building are found 

Primarily it appears as a place of fear, anxiety, end of something, helplessness, scary silence and reality of life 

Like wise a life which is equal to tomb is not very comfortable to live, because it appears as a place of anxiety, tension, helplessness, confusion and fear of many things 

*6) Is my life a tomb building?*

Life with hypocrisy is nothing but a whitewashed tomb

How far am l able to liberate myself from the aspects of whitewashed tomb? 

What are the elements which correspond to the elements of the whitewashed tomb? 

What are the various elements which make my life, a whitewashed tomb? 

Do I believe and propagate the logic of whitewashed tombs in my life?

*7) Life is not a tomb, but its a womb*

Tomb is the end, womb is the beginning

Beyond tomb nothing, beyond womb there is everything

Tomb stops everything, womb continues everything

Tomb can't function by its own, womb can function and it functions

Tomb identified with death, womb identified with life 

Tomb has only unwanted things, womb can have only needed and life giving things 

*Life should be like womb and not like a tomb*

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim Dsouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*