This sermon is purposely laid out in prose format.

The young man looked up from the ground.

Tears filled his eyes.

The funeral procession had come to a halt,

but standing there beside him was a figure of compassion.

The young man's voice was choked with tears:

"What do I do now," he said.

"He's gone."

And as if asking a question to which he expected no answer, he said this:

"What sense does life make?"

And at that moment, the voice of the figure whispers down to him,

his voice filled with the utmost compassion and understanding:

"Let the dead bury the dead.

Follow me."

The young man reaches out for his hand,

and arises.

Following Our Lord,

he finds life.

Is it really that simple?

- to accept Christ's invitation, and in that way to find life?

"What's the catch?" we ask.…