Stay awake and be ready! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
We are fragile creatures. Our lives can be over in an instant. Illness and accidents are constant threats. Yet many people behave like they are invincible, like death will never catch up with them. They ignore the eternal to focus on the temporal. They spurn the things of Heaven for the things of this world. They think they are living good lives, successful lives, rich lives, but really, they are living empty lives.
Jesus tells us to stay awake and be ready. We never know when He will come to get us. Then our earthly lives will be over, and we will stand before Him. Jesus loves us, but He will not force Himself on us. He will judge us on how we have lived...with Him or without Him.
So we must stay awake and be ready through prayer, the Eucharist, Confession, and study. We must get our priorities in order and concentrate on eternal life rather than temporal distractions. In everything we do, we must put God first so that we are ready when He comes for us, ready to stand before Him in love and joy.
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