The War of Life and Death
Four Horsemen, by Ben Tobitt Lections: The Fifth Sunday in Lent , AD 2026 A Homily: Lord, we pray for the preacher, for you know his sins are great. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Every human culture has had to come to terms with death. The grave remains our mutual destination, the debt all men must pay. And there is a sense in which it gives meaning to our lives. Every story needs a beginning, a middle, and an end, else we have no narrative, no moral, no value, and no purpose. On the other hand, in order for a story to mean anything at all, there must also be something thereafter, something which follows, otherwise there’s no point to telling the tale. And the one thing that we can’t deny is purpose. We can’t deny that everything means something. Thus we must treat death not as termination but as transformation. Hence Socrates’ famous dictum that all of philosophy is but preparation for death. I deal wit...
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