11.25.13

Lectio: Lk 21.5-11                                                                                                                

Meditatio: “He [Jesus] answered, ‘See the you are not deceived, for many will come in my name saying, “I am he,” and “The time has come.” Do not follow them!” Lk 21.8

              

Oratio: O God, You now that there will be an end of earthly time and You do not want us to obsess over it.

I remember when Jesus was asked when it would happen, He told the people that many terrible things would happen before it took place including false prophets who would claim they had come in His name BUT we are not to focus on this nor listen to them but we are to be  alert and to stay the course He has set for us; namely, to love God with our whole heart, and our neighbor as our selves and listen only to those whom He has set up as our teachers and guides - the successors to the Apostles.

Grant that I may be ever mindful of the end times and have the grace to live in the present and seek the Lord at all times and the end of time, whether it is the end of earthly time for all and simply the end of earthly time for us, will not be a time of tribulation but a time of joy for we will now have time without end in His everlasting kingdom.

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: "many... in my name”; the end of time will be preceded by false teacher  who claim to speak in Jesus’ name; but we have been given a safeguard - the Magisterium - so seek the grace that in all matters of faith and morals to  follow only what they teach and say and we will not live in apprehension of the end of time but in joyful anticipation of it.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 21.12-19