Today's Reflections
The Unknown Day and Hour
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Mt 24:42-51
[Jesus said to his disciples,] 42“Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 43Be
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. 44So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
45“Who,
then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in
charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper
time? 46Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. 47Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. 48But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, 50the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour 51and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
Reflection:
You do not know on which day your Lord will come.
The Gospel speaks of the sudden coming of Jesus and so of the need to
be vigilant. To be vigilant is to be attentive and watchful, and it
demands patience and perseverance.
To
wait for the Lord is to stay focused on God’s commandments, being
faithful, keeping ourselves from being led astray by erroneous teachings
or false prophets, or distracted by the lure of riches and pleasures.
As we wait for Jesus, we must be attentive to his word and more involved
in his works.
To
work for Jesus is not to eat and drink but to be in charge of his
household. We must shake off our complacency and our carefree ways and
keep ourselves busy for the Lord, busy for his works. We must continue
how Jesus lived and share what Jesus did.
Are we watchful of God’s intervention in our life?
How do we wait and work for the Lord?
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