THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE!
5th Sunday of Lent (A) April 10, 2011 Life that is more than just life ... new life, to be exact; life that will never end; life that can accrue even from death, whether material or spiritual ... This is the good news of today ... good news that cannot be ignored or made light of! The whole world smacks of all that is not life nowadays ... even now strife and rebellion, legitimate in many cases, are taking place in many countries all at one and the same time. Leaders who have been enjoying worldly life and all its perks for decades, simply refuse to give up power, position, perks, and perch. Reluctant migrants scamper out of Libya, Yemen, Ivory Coast and other countries precisely in search of a life that is unhampered, untrammeled by personal agendas of leaders who, in the first place, are not life enabling, but life disabling. People are entombed for many reasons, under many forms, and countless guis...