Gospel: Luke
12:35-38
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like
servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open
immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed
are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say
to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait
on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared
in this way blessed are those servants.
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Reflection:
Do you know
the hour of your death?
There’s
no substitute for being ready or prepared. For example, death this is the most
dreaded occurrence that no one wants to experience. But whether we like it or
not it will come to us we just don’t know when.
Being
ready for what may happen gives us that sense of security. Whatever comes our
way we are prepared and we will accept it. For the reason that we have been
preparing for it for so long. In whatever aspect of life preparation is
essential and this is what the gospel is telling us today.
We who
are all servants of God should always be prepared for any eventualities that
may come our way. The best preparation that we could ever do is to always be
in-touch with Jesus through the Sacraments, prayers and by our perpetual
attendance at Holy Mass. Do you always submit yourself to the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession?
Are you prayerful? Do you always make yourself available for Holy Mass?
In the
gospel Jesus told the disciples that they must always be prepared; He used the
parable of the master’s return from a wedding as an example. Therefore we too
should always be prepared for anything in our life. And the best preparation is
to have a personal friendship with Jesus.
Are you
always prepared? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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