Announcing New LifeChristians are called to be not only defenders of life but also restorers of life. by Father Tom Forrest, C.Ss.R.In this story of the raising of the dead son of the widow of Nain, Jesus reveals himself as a conqueror of death. He comes upon a scene of terrible sadness and changes the anguish of death into joy, the pain of separation into the thrill of reunion. The same power that on this occasion brought a dead boy back to his mother’s arms, on many other occasions brought sons and daughters spiritually dead through sin back to the...
