Next Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King which brings us to the conclusion of our liturgical year. Our readings echo the reality of that which currently surrounds us; the fact that time is quickly coming to its conclusion. As we glance around we see this theme reflected for it draws dark so early. We also see this for the liturgical year is coming to its close.
Some Christians allow themselves to be transfixed upon the sign of the times and thus they are always proclaiming that the end of the world is nigh. With all that is currently going on within our world and own country we may even believe this to be ringing true. Nevertheless, we should not be transfixed upon these end of time prophecies, but instead upon that reality that will ultimately come to claim each of us, our own mortality.
If we know that our own mortality is lying in wait for us then we should heed our Epistle and thus “stay alert and sober.” By staying “alert and sober” we allow ourself to be prepared to encounter the Lord who is merciful and just. Nevertheless, there are so many who have fooled themselves into believing that they will live for ever. Even in the midst of this pandemic they have not woke up to reflect upon this reality which will ultimately befall them.
Let us thus be reflective of all that we keep pushing off when it pertains to faith and morals. The ways that we have failed to make time for God through prayer, the times that we have decided that we will not participate in the Sacrament of Confession, the ways in which we have explained away sin or have grown lazy in staying in guard against it. Truly, we are called to “stay sober and alert” for we will soon encounter the great light which springs forth from Christ our Lord.
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