Today’s Gospel reading reminds me of a riddle we used to ask kids.
The Gospel warns us about the end times. Jesus wants his listeners to recall those disastrous days, not to scare them, but to make them and each of us think. Because death is certain.
The question is how are we living? Are we like the boy in the riddle, trapped in a dream looking only at the problems in life? Or, are we facing reality?
Two thousand years ago the ancient Greek writer, Seneca, wrote: “It is not that we have so little time, but that we have wasted so much of it.” Centuries later, St. Paul wrote to the Ephesians, “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men (and women), but as wise making the most use of the time.” Seneca and St. Paul assume that time has quantity, that time can be used, that we have been allotted a certain amount of time, and that we can choose to use that time wisely.
The time allotted to us extends from our birth to our death. St. Paul uses the certainty of our death to illuminate our lives. God invites us to re-dedicate ourselves to choosing the path that leads to bearing the fruits of love and holiness in our families.
Acknowledging that our time will end in death, let’s wake up to reality and make the best use of our time.
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