10.19.14

Lectio: :Lk 12.13-21
                                                                                         
 Meditatio: "But God said to him. ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong’?” Lk 12.20                   

Oratio: O God, how short sighted we are at times.
                          
I remember a man had a bountiful harvest and he thought this made him self-sufficient. So he built a large barn to store it all and began to eat, drink and be merry. But he would die that night and all his possessions were for naught;  and one wonders whether he was prepared to meet His Maker. In prayer seek the grace to see goods are not an end in themselves but a means to help you through the present and to never lose sight of our destiny - heaven - and work towards it each day as though it were our last. And we will not be disappointed in the end.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect:"fool...life...demanded”; we have no control of when the Lord will call us home so we should never presume when. We should live each day in a manner that prepares our self to meet the Lord for he so much wants us to come to Him and not to get caught up in the things of this world. Seek the grace to keep the Lord always in view and do all things for His greater honor and glory as e children of God;  and the end of our days will not catch us off guard and will mark the beginning of the new day with the Lord.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 12.35-38