The 16th Sunday after Trinity

Today's Reading: Luke 7:11-17

Daily Lectionary: 2 Chronicles 29:1-24; Philippians 3:1-21

Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people." (Luke 7:16)

In the Name + of Jesus. How do you know when God has come? People rise from the dead. "The Lord has visited His people!" He sure has because He interrupted a funeral procession to wake the dead young man up and give him back to his mother! It wasn't the first or last time Jesus raised someone from the dead. But those were just signposts, pointing ahead to something greater.

That something greater is Jesus' rising from the dead, and not just any death--a death that paid for the sins of the world, a death so painful and horrible we couldn't even begin to imagine what our Lord bore for us and the world. But on the third day, He is risen! He was not there in the tomb. He is alive!

Now when God shows up, people still rise from the dead. When you were broug