Prayer Prompt before reading MT 24:42-51: 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 is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHICH DAY YOUR LORD WILL COME.” MT 24:42-51
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
If we were to describe a faithful servant, what would he or she look like? Jesus says today, “Prepared”. To be prepared is to first encounter Christ, the living God, in the Word and the Eucharist. To hear Jesus in the Word is to learn to sit in silence and listen, then we gain knowledge or we begin to be taught/formed (Scripture, catechism, spiritual books). Reflect in silence over these materials and journal what sticks to your heart.
Next, a person begins to believe in their heart by gaining knowledge through faith, being baptized, rejecting Satan and relentlessly growing closer to Christ. How? Receptivity! God the Father is chasing after us, and Jesus already took the consequence of our sin and suffering and nailed it to the cross, but we have to give it to Him (Reconciliation). The measure in which a person gives themselves away, is the measure in which they become full. -St. Pope John Paul II
Since the Trinity is a relationship of love, we are called into a relationship with our Savior, pray. When our grace tanks are refilled often to live out our baptismal promises, the Eucharist-Jesus Christ, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, and reconciliation-allow God’s grace to change your life, we are transformed by Christ. This is why the saints went to daily Mass and confession regularly!
Striving to say a daily rosary brings us even closer to Christ through Mary. In the rosary, with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we meditate on the life of Christ. Walk with Jesus in the Stations of the Cross or do some type of sacrifice/fast every Friday to remind us that Christ died for us, deny yourself/kill your ego.
Gain knowledge on what Jesus went through in His Passion. Every saint started at the foot of the cross with Mary. Every difficulty that burdens you throughout the day offer up with the suffering of Jesus Christ, He gives purpose to suffering.
Everyday, ask the Holy Spirit to join your spirit so that you may live with the purpose you were created for and strive for holiness. God is fully alive in us through the Holy Spirit to help us until Christ returns. We must be transformed and live as other Christ’s for the world, always striving for greater holiness for the greater glory of God. Last, sit in silence and listen so you will be, “Prepared” when the Master returns.
Today’s challenge: Be prepared. Pray, hope, and don’t worry! -St. Padre Pio One of my coaches taught me, “Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance”
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
Heart, Fight, Trust
Please pray for me and my family as I will for you!
Joyfully sacrifice for another today!
Jesus is saying that we NEED to be vigilant and
“STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHICH DAY YOUR LORD WILL COME.” MT 24:42-51 This stood out to me because Jesus is saying that we need to stay awake because we don’t know which day the lord will come.
Today in the Gospel, Jesus tells His Disciples that they do not know when the Son of Man will come. To me, that means we need to be ready for Jesus and just everything in life. If we are not prepared, we might not be able to comprehend and understand what is happening. We all need to stay present with Jesus.
In today’s Gospel Jesus says to his disciples to be ready for something that will unexpectedly arrive
I like the part were Jesus says the end of the world is come most people are scared but I’m curious wonder want Jesus will end the world.
if that makes sense to you.
In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us to be prepared for His coming. Some of the ways we can be prepared is by being in the right spiritual state of mind, we need to be in a habit of prayer. Another way is to be going to Mass and being focused in on the Mass.
i think this gospel is telling us to prepare for the coming of Christ. “For you do not know on which day your Lord will come” this line really shows that we don’t know when Jesus is coming back so we need to prepare ourselves for the coming.
Today Jesus tells me that I should always be prepared and fully surrender to him. If we knew when he would come back no one would be stuck in this world.
It told me that we have to be prepared for when Jesus will come and meet us. One day we will meet Him in Heaven. We have to learn to love Him and learn his commandments and obey them.
The part of this scripture reflection that stuck out to me is what tells us that the Trinity is a relationship with God. I really liked this scripture reflection.
“For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
Be sure of this: if the master of the house
had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into.
So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
I believe that this part of the Gospel today is telling us to be ready and prepared because at any moment the coming of Jesus can happen. You shall not do evil, you shall not do what is bad, you shall go to mass every Sunday at least. You shall pray everyday if you can, if you can’t you will find time in the day he promises you shall find an amazing time for prayer. Never do bad, if you know its bad, never to evil, always try your best to be good and holy with the Lord our God.
Today this Gospel is telling us that we must be prepared for the second coming of Jesus because if we are not when he does come we will be unprepared and you will regret it.
we need to sit in sinlentce with God we need to regect saten and follow Christ. we need to ask the Holy spirt for help to get through hard times.
I think he is trying to say that prayer is not something you say just say to get something because people treat it like a wish but in reality you should be still be silent and surrender. And just remember its not a wish its a prayer and you should surrender to God while prayer because God is not a genie
In Today’s scripture it is telling us that God will return and that the holy spirit is here to guide us before we get to heaven and be safe with the holy spirt. And we have greater holiness in God then we do in anything else.
I think this tells us the expectations we must meet as Christians and how much we can do to help the church through simple actions.`”When our grace tanks are refilled often to live out our baptismal promises”. I think this means when we attend stuff church related like confession communion and just participating in mass we fill up our grace tanks and we grow closer to Christ.
“and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
In the Gospel today, Jesus means that when the Son of God comes He will be punished and sent to where there is no happiness until He comes.
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. This is a good quote to remind me that you are blessed.
Jesus spoke to me saying that I need to stay focused and be ready for anything. I cant control everything that happens to me but I can be prepared for them. it means that I should try harder and stay focused on the real goal. Making it to heaven.
“Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” Jesus said to me that we should always be prepared know what happens. I need to always be prepared for anything to happen and to help me I can read my Bible and talk to God.
I felt that Jesus could come anytime, any day, anywhere. We need to be prepared to go to heaven and for Jesus to come at anytime. I need to read my Bible, saying a rosary, going to mass. Those are all places where I can get grace they will help me get to heaven. I should always be prepared to go to heaven ANYTIME.
Jesus spoke to me and this is my favorite line.Amen I say to you he will put him in charge of all his property.
but if that wicked servant says to himself my master is long delayed
and begins to beat his fellow servants
and eat and drink with drunkards
the servants master will come on an unexpected day
and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
What stuck out to me in the gospel is that ”Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.“
He said to me in that sentence to stay alert for he might come at any time.
In the gospel today something that spoke to was was that he was telling me to be prepared for when he returns. Matthew 24:44, says”Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect him”.
The think that stuck out to me the most was ¨ if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into.¨
Matthew 24:42-51
I really felt like this spoke to me. And it means always stay alert.
The holy spirit wants us to humbly submit to God’s will. He wants us to surrender and pray and read the bible.
and just always love Jesus.You should always love Jesus.
“So too, you also must be prepared.” Shows me that I need to be prepred for when jesus returns. I can prepare by praying, going to confesion, going to adoration, read the bible, and praying the rosary.
“Stay awake! For you will not know on which day your Lord will come.” -Matthew 24:42-51
Jesus is telling us that we need to be ready for the Lord’s return. This is telling us to get ready and keep praying to him.
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Jesus is telling me he will be back. So when he comes back I will be prepared because if I’m not then he will be sad. And I want to be as close to him as possible. So to be prepared as possible I have to read the bible, say a prayer, go to mass, go to confession, and receive the Eucharist.
When the Lord comes we need to be prepared is what stuck out to me. We need to be holy and pray. We also need to be in a relationship with Jesus.
Jesus is telling me to stay focused no matter what task I am doing because I don’t know when the last time I will be able to go to confession is. “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.”
Jesus said to his disciples: stay awake for you do not know on which day your lord will come
“STAY AWAKE! for you do not know which day the lord will come” I think God is trying to tell me to stay woke because every second is important in my life. So I will be thanking God for every day in my life and will always take in every minute.
To hear Jesus in the Word is to learn to sit in silence and listen, then we gain knowledge or we begin to be taught/formed (Scripture, catechism, spiritual books). This really stuck out to me.
“STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHICH DAY YOUR LORD WILL COME.” Jesus is telling us to always keep our eyes open, and always be willing to learn more about him.
Jesus spoke to me he wants me to be safe. I’m going to read my Bible today.
We must be transformed and live as other by Christ’s for the world, always striving for greater holiness for the greater glory of God. This stuck out to me while you were reading.
Be prepared at all times to go to heaven.
One thing we say to do is to deny yourself which can sound weird “deny yourself” like WHAT. But, as faithful Catholics we have learned that we should always put God first in our lives because he made us and then sent us his only son to die and save us because of a persons mistake. It’s crazy to think someone died for us because of a sin but that shows how much he loves us and that no matter what we do he will never give up on us.
“So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
Jesus is telling me that the Son of Man will come when it is not expected.
The Lord has told me to be prepared. And praying ,going to mass,going to confession.
“For you do not know which day your Lord will come.”I think he is trying to point out that you should always be kind for you don’t know when he will come.
Jesus is saying that we need to stay alive in the faith
#Christian YODO
The line that stuck out to me from the Gospel is “For at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” I think God is trying to tell me that there will be a day when the Son of man will come and our time to be judged will come.
when Jesus said stay awake for you do not know on which day your lord will come I thought that was cool but also kinda odd by telling us not to sleep.
When the Gospel started saying that the Lord or Son of Man will come again at anytime or be prepared made me realize how powerful that means and that again it could happen at anytime. Which it also is kinda scary to think about and cool at the same time.
”Stay awake!” really stuck with me because it shows us that we should always be prepared for when God comes.
In this scripture today it is telling us that God will return and that the Holy Spirit is here to guide us before we get to heaven and be safe with the Holy Spirt. And we need to have greater holiness in God than we do in anything else.
The Lord told me to listen and be kind.
always be alert because you never know when he will come again be holy like him and you will be called sons and daughters of God be faithful to the Lord and prepare and stay pure so that you will be welcome to heaven forgive those who sin againts you and so you will be forgiven your self
what stuck out to me in the gospel is that Jesus will come again when we least expect it we should always be alert and stay holy so that when he comes we will be welcomed into the kingdom of God.
God told me that I should be prepared for when he comes and that I have to live right. #christianYODO
“STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHICH DAY YOUR LORD WILL COME.” I think that means that Jesus will come back to earth sometime and but I don’t know when.
“for at an hour you do not expect, The son of man will come.” this stuck out to me because you must always be ready for Jesus to come again. When Jesus comes, the world will be saved.
What stuck out to me was the line, “Stay awake! For you do not know when your Lord will come.” I feel like God’s trying to say be alert, for the Lord will come and some of us wont be ready.
The line that stuck out to me is that when the wicked servant says “My master is long delayed”. I think that Jesus is trying to tell me that he may be delayed a long time, But that he doesn’t want me to be like the wicked servant and go do something else and leave faith, but that he wants me to wait patiently and pray until he comes again.
Something that stood out to me in the gospel was ¨STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW IN WICH DAY YOUR LORD WILL COME.¨
“Stay awake. For which you do not know the day the lord will come.” I think God is trying to tell me to be prepared to go to heaven. And do not take advantage of ‘YOLO”, but think about going to heaven with a fresh conscience and be a good person.
“STAY AWAKE! FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHICH DAY THE LORD WILL COME” I think that this means that to always look out for God. Always be ready for God at any time.
“We must be transformed and live as other Christ’s for the world.” This makes me think of giving myself up for others and have selflesness and just give myself up to help other people.
The part that stuck out to me was the part where the Gospel says “For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” This tells me to live every single day to be lived like it’s your last before God comes, so that we will be ready for the 2nd coming.
the line that spoke to me was “Stay awake! for you do not know on which day your lord will come.” this stood out to me because you don’t know when Jesus will come that’s definitely obvious every catholic knows that. still not a lot of people who are catholic or christian prepare for that hour, people say they believe it will happen most of the time when people say that they don’t really put the effort they should in the acts that they do into that saying. Jesus died for us and for that we should be eternally grateful to him, we owe our lives to the Lord and we should respect his wishes for that, and we know we have a choice we always have a choice and God sees and it hurts him. that’s the reflection I had
In the gospel, I think that Jesus is trying to tell us that we need to BE READY. This means that we need to keep our souls/hearts clean by going to confession regularly and KEEP reading the Bible and try to improve our mindset and sin less.
In the Gospel it says ¨ Be sure of this: if the master in the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you must also be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. ¨ I think that Jesus is trying to tell us to be ready or be prepared so we can go to Heaven and be saints.