REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 24TH OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 24TH OCTOBER 2023 Rom.5:12,15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps.40; Luke 12:35-38 Girded Loins; Burning Lamps Our Christian faith tells us that Jesus will come a second time; this time, he is coming to the judge the world and pay everyone according to his or her deeds. The time of his coming is not certain; what is certain is that he will come. In the Gospel reading of today, Jesus tells us that we must never forget this fact about him. The concealing of the time of his coming is for us to live lives of readiness. When a child performs excellently well at the end of the term's examination, he/she hurries home and anticipates the return of the parents to break the good news. When the reverse is the case, the child will even want to go to bed before the parents return. In asking us to anticipate his second coming, Jesus is invariably telling us to live good lives. When we live uprightly, we will anticipate him with Joy but when we liv...