Be ready for Judgment Day
THAT gospel parable about a king asking his invited guests to come to the wedding banquet of his son (cfr. Mt 22, 1-14) reminds us that God can call us anytime and we should be ready to correspond to his call and to face him on Judgment Day.
I n that parable the guests many important duties of any refused to come, and so the king serious business enterprise to settle asked anybody to join him in the or at least balance the accounts in banquet, but some of those who a regular fashion. Retail stores, came were not properly dressed. for example, have to monitor their This only shows that God surely stocks at the end of the day. Failure calls all of us to join him in heaven. in that can mean disaster for them We should heed that call properly, in a day or two. ever ready to face him as he settles In our spiritual lives, it is also accounts with us. important that we settle accounts
That is why we should see to with God regularly. In fact, saints it that at any given moment we and t he Church herself have should be eternity- ready and not recommended that we make a just future- ready. We know that daily examination of conscience we like to give ourselves adequate just before going to bed. preparation for the future in terms This is to see if the day went of our human needs for security, as it should, that is, if love for God health, etc. But we seldom give and neighbor is really the motive any due consideration to the of all our actions, and so that we preparation we always need in at least can be reconciled with God order to face God on Judgment Day no matter how the day went. We and to start to live our definitive life should at least say sorry to God, with God for all eternity. even if we still have to do things to
We know that it is among the make up for our mistakes and sins.
This i s an i mportant t ask, b e c a u s e mor e t h a n j u s t resting physically, mentally or emotionally, we need to be at peace with God at the end of the day. God is everything to us. Regardless of our status at the moment, whether good or bad, moral or immoral, God not only will tell us what to do but also will give us what we need at that time.
God is always available, and what he gives us is also what we actually and ultimately need. What he gives us is at least the actual grace that we need to be able to act properly. If corresponded to properly, the actual grace can bring back the state of grace to us.
While present in every good act that we make, this actual grace is far beyond what any human solution to our human problems — health, financial, etc. — can give. This grace infuses the spiritual and supernatural character of our actions.
Aga i n t hi s i s s omet h i ng that we have to be more aware of. We often understand our actions as purely human, if not purely material or of economic, political, social coverage only. Our human acts have a spiritual and supernatural character because first of all we are persons, and then we too are made children of God created in his image and likeness./