Wisdom 3:1–9
3:1But the souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment of death will touch them
3:2In the eyes of the foolish, they seemed to die, and their departure was considered an affliction
3:3and their going away from us, a banishment. Yet they are in peace
3:4And though, in the sight of men, they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality
3:5Troubled in few things, in many things they will be well compensated, because God has tested them and found them worthy of himself
3:6Like gold in the furnace, he has proved them, and as a holocaust victim, he has received them, and in the time of their visitatio
3:7they will shine, and they will dash about like sparks among stubble
3:8They will judge the nations and they will rule over the people, and their Lord will reign forever
3:9Those who trust in him, will understand the truth, and those who are faithful in love will rest in him, because grace and peace is for his elect
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John 11:25–26 — I am the resurrection
Wisdom says the souls of the just are in God's hand and that their departure looks like disaster only to the foolish. Jesus stands at a tomb and says the dead who believe will live. The Roman Lectionary appoints Wisdom 3 among Masses for the Dead.
Sources & review
- scriptureWis 3:1-9
- scriptureJohn 11:25-26
- liturgyLectionary for Mass, no. 1011, Masses for the Dead: Wisdom 3:1-9
- church fatherHomily 28, section 3