Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

“When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end.” LK 21:5-11

Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.

Prayer Prompt before reading LK 21:5-11: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are so that I may know who I am.

Today, Jesus is warning the first Christians that the Second Coming, or Parousia, is not coming right away. When Jesus Christ died on the cross and the blood and water flowed from His side, the Mystical Body of Christ began. We live in the end times! Jesus can come back at any time. Are your ready?

How do we become ready? Did you pray today? Are you in the state of grace? Are you doing your daily tasks (following the 10 commandments; remaining in God’s love-The Vine and the Branches)? -Fr. Mike Schmitz

Jesus makes us holy! We can be holy now, we do not have to remain in our sin. We can suffer joyfully, live courageously preaching the Gospel, take care of those on the fringes of society. We can read the Divine Revelation found in the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us. We can receive God’s life that fills us with Himself in the Sacraments, and sit in silence listening to what Our Father and God the Son are saying about us!

Why are people afraid to die? What signs do we need? Everything we need to get back to the Father already has been revealed. If we can be holy now, and we are going to a spiritual realm where the One who is holy exists and welcomes us, then why would a person be afraid to die? It is happiness fulfilled, complete joy, a place where Love dwells totally consumed by the Creator, Savior, and Holy Spirit.

Finally, the Evangelists realized what Jesus said was true and began to write some of the oldest documents humans have ever found, the Gospels. They realized He wasn’t coming back right away, more souls have been created, and more souls have been saved, filling up heaven. The interesting thing is each wrote in different eras to different groups of people in different lands. THEY ALL HAD THE SAME STORY! JESUS IS NOT DEAD! HE IS ALIVE!

Be a servant, be a saint today!

#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will rise again!)