Tuesday, October 22, 2013
29th Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: Rom 5: 12, 17-19, 20- 21
Gospel: Lk 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples, “Be ready, dressed for service, and keep your lamps lit, like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding. As soon as he comes and knocks, they will open to him. Happy are those servants whom the master finds wide-awake when he comes. Truly, I tell you, he will put on an apron and have them sit at table and he will wait on them. Happy are those servants if he finds them awake when he comes at midnight or daybreak!”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life Experience)
Preparation is the best antidote to uncertainty. Below are some tips for those who would like to take seriously today’s Gospel exhortation to be prepared at all times. They form the acronym ‘prepare’ for better recall.
“Prepare by being pro-active”. The key to preparedness is making things happen. If one merely waits for things to occur, he becomes a slave of the daily grind. As he rides freely on the wave of events, the ticking of time will take him to the brink of death unprepared. This leads us to the need to “React strategically”.
The devil is cunning and our only escape is to employ the greatest amount of prudence not to give the devil the first base.
“Empathize to win friends”. People who have experienced our charitable acts will be there for us. Good deeds are like seeds that sprout and yield a fruitful harvest of loving support from friends. This even mitigates our lack of preparation at death because our acts of charity leave behind a prayer army for us. This is not to say that we can already neglect to “pray”. Just as a car must stop at a gasoline station to refuel because no other vehicle can refuel on its behalf, so we must not totally relegate the praying to those who will be attending our funeral.
“Accept the things you cannot change”. When it is raining, for example, the real problem is not how to stop the rain but how to go out without getting wet. The former is the condition while the latter is the real problem. Let us learn to accept the conditions so that we may see the real problem and find solutions for it.
“Render no evil for evil because vengeance belongs to God” (see Romans 12: 17). The Lord commands us to turn the other cheek. Anyhow, by rendering good for evil we heap burning coals over the enemies head (Proverbs 25:22). Once befriended, these enemies will be our prayer warriors at the hour of our death.
Finally, let us “Empower people to live their lives to the full”. This summarizes the commandment of love. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.frdan.org.
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