Words Appropriate for a Funeral ... or a Wedding?

Today's Gospel passage from the 14th chapter of John's Gospel is one of the most popular funeral readings. From one perspective, it seems that he is talking about heaven. Yet upon closer examination, Jesus is using images having to do with the Temple and with Jewish marriage traditions. He is speaking of bringing his disciples into union with him not just at some point in the future after we die but today, at every Mass, as his Bride the Church receives Jesus the Divine Bridegroom in the Eucharist.

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