Today our readings refer to that inevitable time of reckoning that
ought not to come as a great surprise to anyone! The entire proclamation of the
gospel by Jesus was to make everyone aware of this Great Day that would one day
come – the Day of Judgment, the day of reward or punishment. Jesus came to “be
the escape” for people from the horror that will occur then. “Be rooted and
grafted onto me” and your future will be secure and you will be safe! The
converse is also true “be unattached from me, reject me, mock me – believe not
in me” – and you will be lost forever!
Sometimes, it is good to
simply be reminded of the facts of the matter! Sometimes the horrors of events
such have recently taken place in Paris remind us – point blank – that the
godless unbelievers do exist, and they place no value whatsoever on human lives
– not their own, nor those of others.
For those on the “safe side,”
the very angels of God, led by Archangel Michael will battle on your behalf!
And you shall be victorious! Side with
the fallen angel prince of darkness and his minions – and you will be crushed
with them most assuredly!
Our second reading today
reminds us that the price of our
reconciliation - the self-sacrifice of Christ the Eternal High Priest – has
been made once and for all people and for all time! May we cling to that
reality, and cling to the Blood of Christ that was shed to make it happen!
Without the Blood of the Lamb, we would be doomed; with it, we are heirs of divinity!
What an amazing God we have,
to have planned such an elaborate “scheme of redemption” – the coming to earth
of the God-Man, and his brutal Death by Crucifixion - just so that we would
have the chance to live forever in unparalleled peace and joy, instead of
something that could have been quite the opposite!
Let us
pray that we are vigilant at all times
so
that we might have the strength to stand before the Son of Man
when
he comes – for you are our inheritance, O LORD!
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