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:
Are you afraid to die?
Are you afraid to die?
The
thought of death is something that we always avoid; we never want to speak
about it. But death is one reality of life that will come to each one of us. No
one is exempted, rich or poor, educated or not educated, whoever we are it will
eventually come to us.
Jesus in
our gospel is calling us to prepare for the unannounced coming of the Lord in
our lives. It’s sad to say that the coming of the Lord comes to many of us
through our death only. But do we need to be sad? For example if we are given
by our doctor a month to live, should we be sad with this heart wrenching news?
Of course we are entitled to be sad for this is part of our being human.
But after
a while the sadness should be replaced by our confidence and faith in God. For
the reason that we actually have nothing to fear about death. But for some
death is even welcome news for them. How could this be? Ahh, the reason is very
simple; they have long prepared for this by their obedience and closeness to
Jesus. As such they are not afraid to die and meet up close the Lord who by the
way is the author of our lives.
Therefore,
it’s always imperative for us to take seriously the advice of Jesus to the
disciples. To always be prepared for the coming of the Lord for we don’t know
when it will be.
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