November 16, 2018 Friday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: 2 Jn 4–9 Gospel: Lk 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 Liturgical Calendar of the Catholic Church is drawing to a close with the forthcoming celebration of Christ the King (November 25) – the climax o fthe Liturgical Year. This waning Liturgical Year disposes us to reflect on the end of this lifetime. This explains why we will be reading a lot of end-of-the-world themed Gospel readings in the coming days.
Preparedness is one topic indispensable to any discussion on the end of life. Today’s Gospel opens this topic by recalling the days of Noah. Noah’s story tells us that the greatest hindrance to getting prepared is unbelief. When one does not believe about an event, he denies any and all signs of its coming. When the event finally comes, and the event is disastrous, he is the first casualty.
The same can be said of a man who ignores the shortness of life. When he sees signs of aging, he augments the quality of his food intake with powerful food supplements but does nothing more. The man who believes in the shortness of life, however, does more by reorienting his life in preparation for death. Death loses its power to surprise.
When it comes, it finds that person prepared. Those prepared, therefore, will be comforted at their death by the prospect of finally seeing God. May we truly believe in the shortness of life and live it to the full by spending every minute of it in prayerful charity. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M. Email: [email protected].
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