“HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORDS WILL NOT PASS AWAY.” LK 21: 33
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 21:29-33: 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.
Jesus is finishing His lesson on what to expect when the Son of Man comes. He explains this through the parable of a fig tree and just as it blooms naturally when the weather changes we know that summer is near. Just as things happen naturally in nature and we can see the signs of the changing of the seasons, so to will be the the signs he described earlier of when the Son of Man will come and “the Kingdom of God is near.”
The Kingdom of God is in your heart and mind where the Holy Spirit dwells. Stop and be aware in prayer each day. He is in the Church and monstrance in the adoration chapel. He is in the people you meet today. Don’t be distracted by Satan today and get busy without stopping and realizing that the Kingdom of God is nearer to us than we are to ourselves.-Bishop Barron
We are called to be vigilant daily and always ready for His return. We will have daily crosses and daily joy. Most importantly, He teaches us that “everything will pass away, but His Words will not pass away”.
Increase your faith by reading the Scriptures daily or if possible going to daily Mass and stay faithful to the Sacraments remaining in His Word. Once you have been filled up with Christ Himself in the Word and the Eucharist, recognize the gifts He has given you and how blessed you are then share those gifts with others and serve. Praise and thank God for this life and the opportunity to prepare ourselves and the world for the coming of the Kingdom. Then, we will be peacefully waiting for Him.
Today’s challenge: Be ready for the Coming of the Son of Man by reading the Scriptures daily, applying them to your life, keep God’s grace in you by faithfully receiving the sacraments and sitting in silent prayer listening and journal, and then peacefully await the Kingdom of God by recognizing how much you are loved, serving others, and praising God.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will live again!)
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In today’s gospel it tells us we need to act childlike to see or hear God and some of the prophets and kings want to hear it but they could not because they were not childlike.
God is saying in the Gospel today that we should value our faith and realize that we are really receiving Him when we eat the eucharist.