Twenty-Fourth Saturday in Ordinary Time

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.

We all need to die to ourselves in order to live as Christians. We need to have a certain level of detachment from the world and all its anxieties, distractions, and temptations. We need to be able to put aside our evil inclinations, our bodily desires, and all those things that lead us away from God and keep us from putting on Christ. We are corruptible, dishonorable, and weak, but with Jesus we will be raised incorruptible, glorious, and powerful. Our bodies are sown naturally, but if we follow Christ, then we will be raised into spiritual bodies.

Are we dying to those things that keep us from living in Christ? How can we turn ourselves away from corruption, dishonor, and weakness and grow good, honorable, and strong? What can we do to nurture and nourish our spiritual bodies?

O Lord, transform our physical bodies into spiritual ones.

Amen.