Live, love and experience of God

WORD 2day: Saturday, 25th week in Ordinary time 

September 28, 2024 - Ecclesiastes 11:9 -12: 8; Luke 9: 43b-45

Life is short and life is limited, but it offers ample opportunity to do things that are remarkable. It never forces anyone, leaving far behind every one who complains of a life of boredom and monotony. For a Christian, life cannot be boring because he or she has a life task to accomplish and daily directions to carry out, from the Lord. That is why St. Paul would say, "do not grow weary of doing right" (2 Thess 3:13). Doing right, might invite criticism, jealousy, opposition, persecution and even crucifixion! But what matters is to do the will of God, and do it willingly. 

It happens many a time that we stand by and pass comments, judgments, critiques and suggestions while a group of people suffer... as long as we are not involved in the suffering, it becomes so easy for us to do that. It does not affect us till they are no more... even when they are no more, we begin reasoning in terms of mere numbers. Where many die, we feel more! One thing is helplessness but another unpardonable attitude is indifference, which makes life so inhuman.

While we are in the best of our times, it is important that we realise that life is short and life is limited; let's live it to the full, let us do all the good that we can to every one around. Let us not waste our life in envying, calumniating, gossiping, judging and spreading hate! 

Let us live to the full, love each other and experience God close to us!