Reflections
November 10, 2011
Luke 17:26-37
Jesus said to His disciples, “As it was in the days of Noah, so it
will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark,
and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the
days of Lot: They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting,
building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from
the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is
revealed. On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose
belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a
person in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember
the wife of Lot.
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but
whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be
two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will
be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other
left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where
the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”
Reflection:
Eating and drinking, marrying… buying, selling, planting, building.
There must be more to life than all these.
Life is surely more than the
usual tasks and routines and obligations. We often get lost in earning a
living without finding a life. We get swallowed by life’s daily tasks
without tasting life’s daily laughs. We get lost in our daily
obligations and lose life’s celebrations.
Live life without taking it too seriously. Enjoy life without missing
its lessons. Taste the moments before they rush into memories. Do not
skip the chances or they will skip you.
Of the two persons referred to in the Gospel, one will enjoy life, I guess, while life will pass by the other.
Do things leisurely today.
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