THE DAILY GOSPEL

November 14, 2014 - Friday 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

Psalter: Week 4 Ps 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18 Blessed are they who follow the law of

the Lord! 1st Reading: 2 Jn 4-9

I rejoiced greatly on meeting some of your children, who live in accordance with the truth, according to the command we have received from the Father. And now, I ask you, Lady—I write to you, not a new commandment, but that which we had, from the beginning—I ask you: Let us love one another.

This is love: to walk according to his commandments. And this is the commandment: That you walk in love, as you have learned from the beginning.

Many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ, who came in the flesh. They are impostors and antichrists. Take care of yourselves, that you do not lose the fruit of your labors, but receive a perfect reward. Everyone who goes beyond, and does not remain within the teaching of Christ, does not have God. The one who remains in the teaching, has both the Father and the Son. Gospel: Lk 17:26-37

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be on the day the Son of Man comes. In those days people ate and drank and got married; but on the day Noah entered the ark, the flood came and destroyed them all. So it was in the days of Lot: People ate and drank, and bought and sold, and planted and built; but on the day Lot left Sodom, God made fire and sulfur rain down from heaven, which destroyed them all. So will it be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, if you are on the rooftop, don’t go down into the house to get your belongings; and if you happen to be in the fields, do not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever gives his life will be born again.

I tell you, though two men are sharing the same bed, it might happen that one will be taken, and the other left; though two women are grinding meal together, one might be taken and the other left.”

Then they asked Jesus, “Where will this take place, Lord?” And he answered, “Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather.” Reflection

Our readings now take an ominous turn. It speaks of the end time and how it will come and catch everyone by surprise. This is not unusual for we are nearing the feast of Christ the King wherein the end time signifies the Kingship of Jesus over all realms of the universe. So the readings remind us to be ever vigilant. This is not to say that we wait with tense expectation. We do what we normally do, and if normal for you means doing God’s will, then there is nothing to fear. It is only those who are not prepared who must be concerned.

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