Where is the meaning of my life?

THE WORD IN LENT

Thursday, 2nd week in Lent - March 17, 2022

Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Luke 16: 19-31

Where lies the meaning of my life? The society today, the culture today, would easily answer that question. In your social status, in your educational qualification, in the position you hold, in the role you play in your context...and above all, in the money that you have and the riches you possess! Is it not this, that we inculcate in the minds of our younger generation - we insist so much on educational qualifications; we absolutise career; we idolise comfort and riches... do we insist to the same level, on our relationship with God, our faith life and our life in communion with each other? Is it not already an indication, as to where we have hidden the secret of the meaning of our life?

No wonder, humanity is on the run looking for comfort and pleasure, riches and treasure, position and status, popularity and public honour... there are those who are ready to do anything for these and similar goals set by the standards of the world. In the meantime, we not only miss, but trample on so many things: love, compassion, peace, serenity, relationship, sensitivity to the other, respect for the other, ability to reach out to those in need, the possibility of creating a situation of peace and harmony! This run never ends, until the very lives end. If at all this run is abrupty stopped by some mishap, the person suddenly wakes up to the reality of nothingness and meaninglessness! That is life today, in a gist.

For those who have grown with the right perspectives in life - first things first: with God, faith and the original elements of our existential selves - things seem so different in comparison to the hectic and tumultous life of the majority. But the sad part is, that these who have had the right perspectives are made to suffer, feel so bad for their right choices! But do not worry... the Word says... you are like the tree by the waterside, and one day you will bear that fruit that you are called to. All that I need to be mindful today is this question: where really is the meaning of my life?