A Life without God? - Remembering St.Augustine
1 Cor 1:1-9; Mt 24: 42-51
"Stay awake", warns the Gospel today and that seems to be a constant reminder these days... with the rising political friction, ecological crisis and social turbulence. Stay awake and don't miss the the Lord, instruct the readings ... resounded by the famous expression of the saint of the day: St Augustine - "I fear the Lord passing by!"
The anxiety not to miss the Lord comes from the absolute dependence on the Lord, that was so typical of Augustine, just as we see also in St. Paul. They both believed and taught that we are made for the sake of the Lord and that we would find our true fulfilment in the Lord alone.
The scourge of today's humanity seems to be exactly this - that we are looking for happiness, joy, advancement, progress and development without having to do anything with God! Is it really possible?