To be saved, or not to be?

WORD 2day: Wednesday, 30th week in Ordinary time 

October 30, 2019: Romans 8: 26-30; Luke 13: 22-30

To be saved, is a grand spiritual preoccupation. All religions and faiths, is in answer to this preoccupation. They arise as mediations of this salvation which belongs to that One Supreme Being, that the mortal human beings may make sense of their lives. 

The Word today addresses this question from a Christian point of view, with two simple propositions: The first, "God's love guarantees that you will be saved"; and the second, "Take care that you do not create for yourself a situation of impossibility of being saved".

We are not here by chance; we are here because God loved us into existence! If God loved us, if God loves us, will God wish that we be doomed to perdition? We were chosen to be given this great gift of life and at its completion, will we not be given what awaits us too? Hence, if I love God, if I really love God, I need not ask that question: will I be saved?

What happens when I deliberately choose not to love God - in words I may say, I love God, but in my choices, my way of life, in my day to day events, I may choose something totally opposed to God. By that, I am moving away from God, I wish to enter whichever door I wish, whichever door is attractive - not that narrow door! Then who is to be blamed, if I miss the bus?

In simple words: the readings tell us- being saved should not be our preoccupation! Our preoccupation should be to live our life according to the promptings of the Spirit who dwells within us, living everyday in the presence of the Lord, going about our duty with utmost interior joy and total dedication to Truth. The rest happens by itself and we will find ourselves in front of that narrow door...and we will enter and our hearts will rejoice in the salvation of the Lord!