+ We begin today now with the first reference of "the end things" that will continue half way into the new Advent Season that is coming in December. BE PREPARED – YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE SON OF MAN WILL COME! We will hear this over and over again! But let it not fall on deaf ears! This goes for "masters" as well as "servants" – "shepherds" as well as "sheep" – those who are doing the leading, as well as those who are voluntarily being led. Everyone has something to do AS WE WAIT FOR THE COMING FO THE LORD! And if we do what we are assigned by God to do: his will: then more and more will get done, according to God's plan: and when "the time" comes for the grand culmination and transformation of all things: there will be a happy and joyful conclusion to this chapter of human existence!
The problem is that we as human beings, get easily distracted, anyway, and even moreso when waiting for something to happen that could take centuries and millennia to be accomplished, as it already has taken thus far. That is why we have repeated seasonal instruction and celebrations, to help us KEEP OUR FOCUS SHARP; and to keep us trying to do the most and get the most out of what we have been given to work with while we wait!
The solution, as St. Paul points out in the first reading today to the Romans and to us, is for us to become habitually obedient slaves of righteousness rather than of sin. If we stay focused on seeking out the right way – the Jesus way – of thinking, saying and doing what we do throughout the day – which is simply Spirit-led – then we will be ready on any day for the return of the Lord!
May we stay awake this day, O Lord, for we just don't know the exact day and time of our Second Coming!
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