Vigilence

 Note:  Still trying to find the right time to post.  Had intended to slice the loaf earlier, but again, attentiveness to the needs of another pre-empted my good intentions.  We'll see in a few minutes when the slice is posted.

Gospel:  Mt 24: 42-51

⁴² “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. ⁴⁷ Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. ⁵⁰ The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. ⁵¹ He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The warning, "Keep watch because you do not know the day hour Lord will come." does not always refer to our death, but to events in our every day life.  We do not know how the Lord will come to us....as one of our friends with support or an unexpected favor for us, or in the person need of advice or help of some sort.  It may even be in the mood we are in and like the weather which at one moment "gets us down" or in the next, picks us up. Whatever it might be, it takes FAITH to see the hand of the Lord in the events of our daily life. The trick is, not to lose hope. We need to hear this often, for like a leaky boat, before we know it it's full of water and we are sinking.  A daily bail out in the form of a prayer for trust will keep us afloat.

Bro. Rene