WORD 2day: 31st August, 2017
Thursday, 21st week in Ordinary Time
1 Thes 3:7-13; Mt 24: 42-51
The Word today speaks of perseverance in faith, until the master comes. One sign that is provided as a sign of persevering faith is that of true and sustained love for each other. Paul prays that the Thessalonians grow in their love for each other and for the entire humanity. Jesus speaks of loving service to each other as the way to be prepared, alert and awake when the Master comes.
The cry of war all around, the recurring acts of terrorism in various parts, persecutions and inhuman treatment of human persons in the name of caste and creed, dehumanisation of masses in the name of development, institutionalisation of religions and ritualisation of faith - all these are totally not in keeping with the love that Jesus proposes as the touchstone of true faith. Infact, the way things go, we should very seriously ask ourselves, 'will there be love left when the Master comes again?'
If at all we wish that there be, we need to transform ourselves and grow into radical agents of love wherever we are.