NOT LACKING

With all the shortages that affect the whole world and the different crises that we are all facing today we can't help it, if we feel insecure and afraid. Especially in times when we start to run out of resources, this usually happens to most of us these days. We must realize that there is only one thing needed and we have to make it our choice so that it will not be taken away from us. We need not be worried and anxious about a lot of things. As in Lk. 10:41-42, The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her." If we choose the right thing then we can claim all other things, as in Mt. 6:33, "But seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides." To top it all, we assured in today's 1st reading that we are sufficient for God alone provides. Amen. Hallelujah!

1 Corinthians 1:1-9
...you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

No one and nothing in this whole wide world deserves our praise and thanksgiving more than God Himself.

Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
R: I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
...Great is the LORD and highly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. (R) 4 Generation after generation praises your works and proclaims your might. 5 They speak of the splendour of your glorious majesty and tell of your wondrous works. (R) 6 They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds and declare your greatness. 7 They publish the fame of your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your justice.


Yesterday we visited the Queen of Heaven Cemetery and said our prayers for Bro Vicente the husband of Sis Mercy. On our way back our conversation shifted to funeral and memorial plans. Sis Mercy said that she is glad that she purchased that lot in Queen of Heaven ahead of time. She said that death is inevitable and is something that we all should be prepared for. I agreed with her and told her that nobody knows the time when will it be, so it pays to be prepared for it. I even said that happy is the servant whom his master will find ready on his arrival. It was a surprise that what we all said contains the same message that can be found in today's gospel. There is really no doubt to the truth that God speaks to us through our daily circumstances and constantly reminds us of the things we have to be mindful of. Amen. Hallelujah!


Matthew 24:42-51
42 Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 43 Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. 44 So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. 45 “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. 47 Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.