The gospel of this Sunday is part of an important narration: Jesus is on the road to Jerusalem; he intends to reach that place in order to give the supreme proof of his love for us. He enters Jericho and he meets Zacchaeus (as narrated  last Sunday Gospel), the big man that wanted to have a direct personal experience of Jesus.
Today we read that Jesus meets the Sadducees, a party of ultra-orthodox Jews who believe  that there is no life after death, there is nothing to be added to our present span of life. There is no personal story after one is buried.
The idea of this life’s ending marked by death is still circulating  today, but it goes against the courageous words of the Maccabees martyrs (see first reading), but especially against the words of Jesus and the fact of his resurrection.
 The Sadducees want to test and embarrass Jesus: they ask him a question with the story of a widowed woman who married 7 brothers, one after the other, because of the jewish law of the levirate. But, in the end, who will be the husband of the woman?
The question is only about this world existence and the answer cannot be given because this world ends. The real answer can only be given in the light of the death and resurrection of Christ, and those who enter into it with a Christian life will live a new reality in the presence of God. Jesus says: “like angels” (v. 36), indicating in this way the same life of God.
Today’s Gospel is very precious (see vv, 36 - 38). God gives a life that is for ever. My death as a child of God is a transformation of which I have no knowledge now, only faith is helping; and the future life in God will be brighter and brighter for me and for everyone who accepts his promise.