PREPARING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD ~ CookingFood.Org

“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”

Tuesday, 22nd November 2016,

Thirty Fourth Week of Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr,

Rev 14:14-19;

Ps 95:10-13;

Lk 21:5-11

PREPARING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

All good things come to an end. All that has a beginning will have an end. God who marked the beginning of this universe will cause an end. Today’s readings cast light on the end times, particularly the reading from the book of Revelation. The messages in that book are overwhelming. The Gospel is similar in message, it describes when “desolation is at hand.” But he end of the Gospel passage we find a very different ending as Jesus enjoins his followers to “stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.” The critical issue isn’t what’s happening so much as it is how we respond in faith to what happens. No matter when and how the world ends, we all sooner or later face a personal end in which we will have to account to our creator for how we have spent our lives. Have we lived in faith? If yes, then we will be ready for the coming of the Lord, with our heads raised high!

Prayer: Lord thank You for reminding me of the need to prepare myself to meet You. Grant me the grace to live the time at my disposal profitably. Amen.