MY daily reflection and prayer:
Friday, November 13, 2015
Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to St. Luke 17:26-37
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was in the days of Lot — they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all — so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed. On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left.” And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
***
LET us focus on this words of Jesus. “Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.” What does it mean for us?
Jesus says it in the context of the day of God’s final judgment. Those who have rejected God and refused to believe in his Son the Lord Jesus Christ will perish on the day of judgment. Otherwise those who have believed in him will be rewarded with everlasting joy and happiness in his kingdom. Those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord will enter his everlasting kingdom.
Jesus gives us personal freedom to accept or reject him as our Lord and Savior. We are free to live as citizens of his kingdom or to choose for the kingdom of darkness that stands in opposition to God and his rule.
In the Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist, we worship Jesus Christ who does not desire the death of any one. He bids us to choose for life rather than death, for goodness and righteousness rather than sin and evil.
Let’s pray: Lord Jesus Christ, we place all our hope in you because you have redeemed the world by your death on the cross and by your victory over the grave. Help us to never lose sight of the goal of heaven that we may live each day in joyful anticipation of your return in glory now and forever. Amen.
Kredit foto: Ilustrasi (Ist)
