MY daily reflection and prayer:
Friday, November 11, 2016
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to St. Luke 17:26-37
Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a person in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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In the Gospel today, Jesus Christ warns us to prepare our eternal future. Here He challenges to put him first in our lives. We must give priority to our relationship with him.
In fact, God comes to us today through Jesus Christ. We have to respond him. Our response now and each day determines our eternal place in his Kingdom. Our relationship with Jesus Christ will be the only real determining factor.
In the Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist while adoring Jesus Christ we are living our encounter with him. We believe in him, our companion and strength. He comes out to meet us each day, asking us to depend more on his mercy.
Let’s pray: Lord Jesus Christ, we hope in you, as the one who fills our longing to love and be loved. We love you here and now with our prayer and with our desire to be faithful and generous in the little things you ask of us. Increase our desire to live our life in close relation with you now and forever. Amen.
