Be Prepared

“You must also be prepared, be ready, for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect..." Luke 12:40

When you see a sign on the bus, “The end is near", or hear some man preaching about "the end of the world is at hand", what is your reaction? Do you scoff and say, "What a loony?" I have to confess I get excited! I do! 

I get excited that I'll see my mom and dad again. I get relieved that I won't have to think about all the horrible things happening in the world today that I can't do much about. The war in the Israel, Palestine, Ukraine and in so many other places is heartbreaking. And here, many people do not have enough food to eat while others cannot have enough money! 

The priest in the online mass I heard this morning, Father Artemis Raymundo of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, preached, “I am always asked how do we prepare for the coming of the Lord. We do not know when the Lord will come for us. Always Be prepared. Do your best every day. Do faithfully what you are supposed to do every day. Don’t wait for the deadline. Don’t postpone. Prepare yourself as if you have only one day to live.” 

Really we  should not wait for the world to end. 

Our world will end. One day. That's inevitable. Is it possible to be ready, to be prepared, every day for God's coming? We don't have to be prepared for the Second Coming. God comes into our life every day! In the form of a little child. A beggar. Someone who is sick. Someone who is depressed. How do we respond?

Jesus said in Matthew 25:45, "Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me."