Stay Awake and Be Ready.

Stay Awake and Be Prepared for the Coming of Jesus. 

"Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 

"Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.

“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time?

"Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. 

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

 (Matthew 24: 42 - 51).

Thursday August 31st 2023 in the 21st Week of Ordinary Time.

What is the central message in today's Gospel?

Jesus teaches the absolute necessity of being Always Ready! Always Prepared! For what? For either the Time of Fulfillment to answer your prayers or for the Hour to meet

your God. God decided in His mighty, merciful and mysterious Providence not to reveal the precise time He visits us. Why? So that we will be always ready for Eternity. You will not get a text message from God saying: Be ready on Thursday, August 31st at 9.30am at the Starbucks on Divine Ave.

No. 

The moment may come like a thief in the night. Very suddenly!

How do we prepare?

#1. Form a habit of daily prayer.

#2. Form a habit of daily feeding on the word of God.

#3. Frequent Eucharist. 

#4. Frequent Reconciliation. 

#5. Pray for the grace of perseverance every day.

Be always prepared!

AUGUST 31ST 2023. WE END THE GLORIOUS MONTH OF AUGUST TODAY. KNOW WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD NEVER FAILS THOSE WHO HONOR HER ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOLY ROSARY. Mary says: "In the end. My Immaculate Heart will triumph." 

For Prayers of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Litany, Promises of Mary to those who say the Holy Rosary, etc click the link below:

http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2023/06/immaculate-heart-of-mary-consecration.html?m=10

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