Friday – 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Gospel – Luke 12:54-59 

The Sign of the Times

Caesarea Mauritania, on the Mediterranean Sea

Today Jesus criticizes the people for not reading the signs of the times.  Yes, you can read the signs in the sky and know we’re going to have good or bad weather.  But you’re missing the real signs, the signs from God!

Are we really any different?  These days (months) we are so focused on the world around us. We worry about our health and that of our family and friends.  We stress over our finances, whether we can stretch our depleted income to cover expenses.  We worry whether our company will survive and our employees will still have a job.  We worry about simple things. We stress over the violence and political unrest in the world.  So much worry!  We worry about our life and our livelihood.  So focused on the here and now, on the physical cultural and economic side and rightly so!

But what about the spiritual world?  Are we losing sight of that?  St Paul reminds us in the first reading not to lose faith or patience!  We are all one body and one Spirit, one faith and one Baptism, one God and Father of all Who is in all and through all.  Don’t lose faith; don’t lose patience! 

Take some time today – step aside from the cares of this world and place those concerns into the hands of the Father.  Whether we realize it or not, none of us walks this life alone.  Great Spirit, walk with me today.  Remind me of your constant presence and guidance as I face this new day and its constant worries.

 

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