Burning Strength Homilies

 We have two resurrection accounts happening in our set of readings for today Elijah raises up the son of a widow in Zarephath And Jesus raises up the son of a widow in Nain We're not given the name of either of the widows Only that these seem to be the last living male relatives that they have Culturally, Jewish women at this time needed to have a male to accompany them through town – the males were also the owners of property So life was very difficult for women Especially Widows And these two widows were not only sadden by the loss of their sons But also by the fact that they'll soon be cast aside by society But God does not let that happen, does He? Elijah's prayer is answered as God raises up one son Jesus, who is God incarnate, has pity on the widow in Nain and raises up her son In both cases God brought joy for what he did in the life of His people But what's the bigger miracle here? We often fixate on the resurrections Which is truly a great miracle But we know from the history of Jesus, that He