Friday, November 17, 2017 32nd Week in
Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Wis 13:1-9
Gospel: Luke 17:26-37
Jesus said to his disciples, “As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be on the day the Son of Man comes. Then people ate and drank; they took husbands and wives. But on the day Noah entered the ark, the flood came and destroyed them all. Just as it was in the days of Lot: people ate and drank, they bought and sold, planted and built. But on the day Lot left Sodom, God made fire and sulfur rain down from heaven which destroyed them all. So will it be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
“On that day, if you are on the rooftop, don’t go down into the house to get your belongings, and if you happen to be in the fields, do not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever tries to save his life will lose himself, but whoever gives his life will be born again.
“I tell you, though two men are sharing the same bed, it may be that one will be taken and the other left. Though two women are grinding corn together, one may be taken and the other left.”
Then they asked Jesus, “Where will this take place, Lord?” And he answered, “Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel
in the Assimilated Life Experience)
The theme of the Gospel readings these past days is the suddenness of Jesus’ return in glory. In presenting the story of Noah, today’s reading brings this theme to full circle by emphasizing the necessity of being prepared. On the day Noah entered the ark, the flood came and destroyed them all.” The Noah event is a warning not to be too absorbed by the day- to- day affairs. While it is laudable to be zealous in the daily grind, we should be alert to the voice of God manifesting his will in human transactions. On the basis of this manifestation we should be ready to change course. This idea is closest to what Jesus meant when he said, “On that day, if you are on the rooftop, don’t go down into the house to get your belongings, and if you happen to be in the fields, do not turn back” (v. 31).
Man is naturally reluctant to change. What more could be said of people who are inordinately attached to this world? They will resist any shift even when God’s Will necessitates it. Noah’s ark was a big interruption to human affairs. On the day Noah entered the Ark, it looked like any ordinary day. Nobody thought about a devastating flood happening soon. So they frowned upon the Ark as out of season and a big disturbance to their lives.
While we busy ourselves with our human affairs, let us be ready to be disturbed by God’s Will. This is the essence of being prepared for the suddenness of his return in glory. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M. Email: [email protected].
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