“MOREOVER, BETWEEN US AND YOU A GREAT CHASM IS ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM CROSSING WHO MIGHT WISH TO GO FROM OUR SIDE TO YOURS OR FROM YOUR SIDE TO OURS.” LK 16:19-31
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 16:19-31: 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 teaches us today what happens if we don’t bring the Gospel to people. We have one life that God gave us in the kindergarten of heaven to learn how to love. (#Christian YOLO). This is why God gives us time, He likes to see things grow. The purpose of life is meaningful relationships where we come to know, love, and serve God and others.
We are living in the end times, the times after Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus can come back at any time for the Second Coming. “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” If we don’t believe in what God has already revealed to us in his Word, if we have no faith, then it doesn’t matter what kind of miracle God performs.
St. Thomas Aquinas says, “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
We have the Word of God in the Bible, God’s breath, to teach us how to gain salvation (God’s will for us: He has one great desire, that you and I are with Him in heaven, our salvation-Pope Francis) and lead others to Christ. We have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us to virtue.
Today’s Gospel teaches us there are no second chances when it comes to eternal life. The time we have here is a gift. Since Jesus rose from the dead, this life is not the final horizon. We are made for a spiritual homeland. It is time to start rearranging our priorities and live putting our full trust in God.
Today is a great time to rearrange priorities and dust away the cobwebs of a hardened heart. It is a time to love our soul more than our body. We cannot take THINGS, power, money, pleasure or honor (4 things we must despise that we think will make us happy-St. Thomas Aquinas). All we can take is the times we were unselfish and put others before self, the times we loved as Jesus loves us.
Today’s challenge: Live like today is your last day on earth. What would you do differently? What legacy do you want to leave behind. Most regrets on death beds are not loving as much as they should have; love of spouse, love of parents, love of children, or spending more time with God and family.
Put down your electronics and spend time loving God and family. There are no second chances after we die. We don’t know the day or the hour the Master will return. We don’t know when God is going to call our number. Most importantly, He just wants to be your best friend! Spend time in prayer!
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YOLO
“If we don’t believe in what God has already revealed to us in his Word, if we have no faith, then it doesn’t matter what kind of miracle God performs.”
if we dont believe I the Lord Our God then we wouldn’t be able or shouldn’t be able to go to heaven or study the miracles that he preforms