Tuesday November 26, 2024

Luke 25:5-11

When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now – the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another: everything will be destroyed.’

During the month of November, the church puts before us readings that lead us to reflect on the end times. In the olden days we begin the month by celebrating Mass at the cemetery. We remember our loved ones and the life they gave us. We then remind ourselves that this world is not our home. We are on a journey and just you hold on because this script is like non other.

Well today our reading tell us bluntly that the world as we know it will end. Let that sink in for a second. This beautiful world will end!!!

But honestly, how many times has the world as you knew it ended? I can tell you that my world has ended one too many times. Not a thing of the past has remained. My world ended as a teenager when my father died and we were plunged into poverty and grief. God that was a difficult time. It is still difficult to even think about it. My world ended again when I left the passionist congregation and left my motherland Africa. Actually after staying a number of years in America I went back home for a visit. Kid you not, when the plane landed and I stepped on the soils of motherland, electricity went through my body. The land speaks there and I felt whole again. That’s another reflection….

The world as I knew it ended again when I left the archdiocese and started picking boxes at UPS while supporting a young church - Rabbouni.

The point is my dear friend, it all passes away except except your relationship with God. That relationship is everlasting. So cultivate it. The only sure thing in your life is GOD. You better bank on GOD.

Fr Chibundi