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Lectio: Mt 24.37-44                                                      

Meditatio: “Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” Mt 24.42

Oratio: O God, You so want us to journey successfully to You and You gave us sure advice.

I remember Your Son told us to ‘Stay awake!’ - in short, to be alert as to our meeting Him at the end of our life or at the end to time whichever comes first and focus on Him for He is  at the heart of who we are and why we are here.                          

Grant that I may ever grateful for Jesus’ coming and showing me the way to the Father.

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: "stay awake!”; to be alert; to focus on Jesus and His call and our redemption; in prayer seek the grace to follow Jesus’ Way to the Father by living a life of selfless love. By being alert to the urgency of His call, we will with God’s grace successfully complete our journey to Him.

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 8.5-11