Death: The Second Book Of The Old Testament

Death is not a subject that is easily discussed. Most people try to avoid the direct address of it by using terms such as “passed away”. Even when someone who is dying goes to talk of their situation, people try to skirt around it by saying things like “Don’t talk that way, you’ll be fine.” But at one point everyone of us will have to deal with the unspeakable subject of death. So today we are going to talk about it openly and recognize why our faith calls us to celebrate. In the 2nd Book of Maccabees, the final book of the Old Testament, a horrible story of vicious deaths of eight members of one family, seven brothers and their mother. Through all of it their faith prevails, changing the terrible win of their enemies to a story of bravery