God's Word Day by Day

God's Word Day by Day It is basically the author's daily personal reflection on the Word of God.

06/01/2026

Our depiction of the 3 Kings journey inside the Church. They finally arrived and did their homage. Happy Solemnity of Epiphany.

Luke 5:17-267 December 2020Memorial of St. AmbroseJesus was teaching one day, and among the audience there were Pharisee...
08/12/2020

Luke 5:17-26
7 December 2020
Memorial of St. Ambrose

Jesus was teaching one day, and among the audience there were Pharisees and doctors of the Law who had come from every village in Galilee, from Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the Power of the Lord was behind his works of healing. Then some men appeared, carrying on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying to bring in and lay down in front of him. But as the crowd made it impossible to find a way of getting him in, they went up on to the flat roof and lowered him and his stretcher down through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith he said, ‘My friend, your sins are forgiven you.’ The scribes and the Pharisees began to think this over. ‘Who is this man talking blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, made them this reply, ‘What are these thoughts you have in your hearts? Which of these is easier: to say, “Your sins are forgiven you” or to say, “Get up and walk”? But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ – he said to the paralysed man – ‘I order you: get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.’ And immediately before their very eyes he got up, picked up what he had been lying on and went home praising God.
They were all astounded and praised God, and were filled with awe, saying, ‘We have seen strange things today.’

Reflection:

God may use other people in order to bring us back to Him. Today, as we celebrate the memorial of St. Ambrose we cannot also avoid to establish a kind of link with St. Augustine as St. Ambrose was the key person or shall I say played an important role in the conversion process of St. Augustine.
Looking on our Gospel reading for today we will find out this passage, "Then some men appeared, carrying on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying to bring in and lay down in front of him. But as the crowd made it impossible to find a way of getting him in, they went up on to the flat roof and lowered him and his stretcher down through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, in front of Jesus." In this sense, these men serve as an instrument in order to bring the paralysed man to Jesus. Consequently, this certain act reminds each and every one of of our very own duties and responsibilities as baptised of bringing our brothers and sisters specially to who have gone astray and gone away back to God. Basically, as baptised we have these duties and responsibilities because through baptism we shared with Jesus' threefold "munera" or missions that of as Priests, Prophets and Kings. Thus, as St. Ambrose became God's instrument of bringing back St. Augustine to God let us also try to live out our very duties and responsibilities as baptised and win souls back to God.
Therefore, each and every one of us have the said duties and responsibilities as baptised and yet are we also trying to offer ourselves to be used by God in order to win our brothers and sisters back to God. Let us ask the intercession of St. Ambrose in order to fill us with so much courage and determination of becoming God's instrument of winning back our brothers and sisters back to Him. May God bless us all.

Credits to the owner of the photo:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/207323/1204322

07/12/2020

2nd Sunday of Advent
6 December 2020

First reading
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11

‘Console my people, console them’
says your God.
‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem
and call to her
that her time of service is ended,
that her sin is atoned for,
that she has received from the hand of the Lord
double punishment for all her crimes.’
A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wilderness
a way for the Lord.
Make a straight highway for our God
across the desert.
Let every valley be filled in,
every mountain and hill be laid low.
Let every cliff become a plain,
and the ridges a valley;
then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
and all mankind shall see it;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.’
Go up on a high mountain,
joyful messenger to Zion.
Shout with a loud voice,
joyful messenger to Jerusalem.
Shout without fear,
say to the towns of Judah,
‘Here is your God.’
Here is the Lord coming with power,
his arm subduing all things to him.
The prize of his victory is with him,
his trophies all go before him.
He is like a shepherd feeding his flock,
gathering lambs in his arms,
holding them against his breast
and leading to their rest the mother ewes.

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Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 84(85):9-14

The response of the Psalm: Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.

I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people.
His help is near for those who fear him
and his glory will dwell in our land.

Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.

Mercy and faithfulness have met;
justice and peace have embraced.
Faithfulness shall spring from the earth
and justice look down from heaven.

Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.

The Lord will make us prosper
and our earth shall yield its fruit.
Justice shall march before him
and peace shall follow his steps.

Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.

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Second reading
2 Peter 3:8-14

We are waiting for the new heavens and the new earth
There is one thing, my friends, that you must never forget: that with the Lord, ‘a day’ can mean a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord is not being slow to carry out his promises, as anybody else might be called slow; but he is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways. The Day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then with a roar the sky will vanish, the elements will catch fire and fall apart, the earth and all that it contains will be burnt up.
Since everything is coming to an end like this, you should be living holy and saintly lives while you wait and long for the Day of God to come, when the sky will dissolve in flames and the elements melt in the heat. What we are waiting for is what he promised: the new heavens and new earth, the place where righteousness will be at home. So then, my friends, while you are waiting, do your best to live lives without spot or stain so that he will find you at peace.

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Gospel
Mark 1:1-8
A voice cries in the wilderness: prepare a way for the Lord
The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
Look, I am going to send my messenger before you;
he will prepare your way.
A voice cries in the wilderness:
Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

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Reflection:

We are now on the Second Sunday of Advent and let us have a quick look at what Advent means. Advent comes from the Latin word "Adventus" which is also derived from the Latin verb "Advenere" which means to come. When someone would say that he/she is coming over in order to visit, basically to show our sign of welcome and hospitality we would try our best to prepare.
In this sense, the idea or the concept of preparation is being stressed out first and foremost in our First reading with the words: "Prepare in the wilderness
a way for the Lord.
Make a straight highway for our God
across the desert.
Let every valley be filled in,
every mountain and hill be laid low.
Let every cliff become a plain,
and the ridges a valley;
then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
and all mankind shall see it;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken." Moreover, the said concept or idea was further stressed out in our Gospel reading quoting what is written in the book of the Prophet Isaiah and yet in a shorter one as a form of reminder and at the same time a reminder of what was said long ago and found on the book of the same Prophet Isaiah. As we may be able to notice a wide arrayed an ample preparation is being offered to us as we go along the celebration of Advent: the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Penitential Service, and Recollection being based on the theme for Advent Season. However, as we are being invited based on our sets of reading for today and yet let us not also fall short or stop on just preparing but let us also try to consider the second exhortation in our Gospel reading: "... make his paths straight." In this sense, we need to make an action or to actualize everything by making something in our very selves and that is to act on the very conversion of our whole being. In the first reading, we can be able to find the words "Make a straight highway for our God across the desert. Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be laid low. Let every cliff become a plain, and the ridges a valley..." Here let us try to look at it because the desert, the filling in of the valley, the mountain and hill to be laid low, making the cliff a plain, and making the ridges a valley were some figurative words symbolizing some form of irregularities. Thus, in this sense, let us all look on our own selves what are the behaviours or attitudes that needs to have a proper polishing or making straight in our very life. Lowering our pride, restoring broken relationships, granting forgiveness and accepting forgiveness, healing of some sort of hurtful memories, and a lot more to mention. These could be things that we can be able to work out. However, this very invitation of conversion or acting on what needs to be worked out in our life is not only to be placed in a periphery of becoming part of our practices this Advent Season but these said invitations and urgings should be the guide and our very guiding principles all throughout the year and all throughout our life. In the second reading, we received these two exhortations: First, "Since everything is coming to an end like this, you should be living holy and saintly lives while you wait and long for the Day of God to come..." Second, "So then, my friends, while you are waiting, do your best to live lives without spot or stain so that he will find you at peace."
Therefore, the invitation is being sent out and continually reverberates in each and every one of us and yet have we tried to respond to them? Are we able to have preparation? Are we also willing to act or to work out on our very flaws, shortcoming and failures in life in order to become a better one? May God bless us all.

Matthew 9:35-375 December 2020Feast of St. BirinusJesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in thei...
05/12/2020

Matthew 9:35-37
5 December 2020
Feast of St. Birinus

Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness.
And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’

Reflection:

"The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest."

Indeed the task of proclaiming the message of love and salvation is very great and yet the proclaimers and witnesses are becoming lesser and lesser. As we may be able to notice there is an urgency of the message because the task ahead is very great and vast and yet we faced a scarcity of personnel carrying the task. Paraphrasing, inline or in connection with the very celebration we are all anticipating, that of remembering the birth of our Lord and Saviour in Christmas day we may be able to say that the celebration is coming closer and closer and yet the task of sharing and emanating love to others is not yet fully shared and given.

Therefore, as we are coming closer and closer to the very celebration of remembering the birth of our Lord and Saviour, who is the summation of God's love as we may find in the Gospel account of John: "For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." Considering the greatness and the vastness of the task or work, let us all become faithful and hardworking labourers in order to carry on the said great and vast task ahead each and every one of us, the task of sharing God's love and message of salvation to all humanity. May God bless us all.

Credits to the rightful owners of the photos:

http://mycommunitychurch.net/compassionate-help-wanted/

https://sermons.faithlife.com/sermons/326769-a-heart-for-the-harvest

Matthew 9:27-314 December 2020As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting, ‘Take pity on us, Son of Dav...
04/12/2020

Matthew 9:27-31
4 December 2020

As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting, ‘Take pity on us, Son of David.’ And when Jesus reached the house the blind men came up with him and he said to them, ‘Do you believe I can do this?’ They said, ‘Sir, we do.’ Then he touched their eyes saying, ‘Your faith deserves it, so let this be done for you.’ And their sight returned. Then Jesus sternly warned them, ‘Take care that no one learns about this.’ But when they had gone, they talked about him all over the countryside.

Reflection:

There is a particular Latin saying that I learned in our Ecclesiastical Latin Class and that is, "Bonum diffusivum sui," which means good itself is diffusive or the good as self-diffusive.
It is basically St. Thomas Aquinas' doctrine stating about the good as self-diffusive. In the Gospel reading, the two blind men after their sight were being restored Jesus instructed them that "Take care that no one learns about this." Here, despite Jesus' stern warning for them not to tell what happened to them to others and yet as they had gone they spoke about Him all over the countryside. In this sense, the good that they experienced at that moment causes them to talk or announce far and wide about Jesus and about the good things that they have received.
Therefore, let us also try to look at each and every one of us. Do we also have the same zeal or ardour of proclaiming and sharing our very faith experiences in our lives as we come to encounter Jesus in our very life? Can we also say that goodness being given to us causes us to multiply the said goodness to others? Let us all ask good also to take pity on us and heal us from any infirmities and maladies and to become also His living witnesses all over the world. May God bless us all.

Credit to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://www.heartlight.org/wjd/matthew/0424-wjd.html

https://www.facebook.com/StAndrewPlTx/photos/matthew-9-27-31/1984763544932646/

Matthew 7:21,24-273 December 2020Memorial of St. Francis XavierJesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not those who say to ...
03/12/2020

Matthew 7:21,24-27
3 December 2020
Memorial of St. Francis Xavier

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock. But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!’

Reflection:

In the Letter of James 2:20 it is written, "Would you not like to know that faith without deeds is useless?" Furthermore, on the same Letter of St. James 2:17-18 "In the same way faith, if good deeds do not go with it, is quite dead. But someone may say: So you have faith and I have good deeds? Show me this faith of yours without deeds, then! It is by my deeds that I will show you my faith."
In the Gospel, Jesus said to His: "It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven."

In this sense, the profession of one's faith by saying Lord, Lord is not an assurance because one's faith should be accompanied by action. Moreover, for a person who manages to have both in his/her life, that of faith and acting on the will or plan of God in his/her life would be like the sensible man in our Gospel reading who built his house on the rock. The rock of a sure foundation and having faith in God and the same faith also causes the person to act on something as it is the will of God for the person's life.

Therefore, the Gospel reading is inviting each and every one of us to have also that strong faith in God and not only a superficial one so that in having also that deep and strong faith in God we will also be motivated in doing His Most Holy Will in our life. May God bless us all.

Credits to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://wellspringchristianministries.org/james-217/

https://faithandmarriage.org/advent-day-5-listen-act/

02/12/2020

Matthew 15:29-37
2 December 2020

Jesus reached the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and he went up into the hills. He sat there, and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them. The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel.
But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, they might collapse on the way.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a crowd?’ Jesus said to them, ‘How many loaves have you?’ ‘Seven’ they said ‘and a few small fish.’ Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and he gave thanks and broke them and handed them to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.

Reflection:

To feel sorry on the fate of others is nothing, but to show compassion by acting on something in order to alleviate the situation means everything.
Jesus in the Gospel reading gave the very example of not only feeling sorry for the peoples state or situation but He also tried to find ways or solution in order to help them or to be of help to them.
Therefore, let us ask also God to have that heart of mercy and compassion towards our brothers and sisters and to have also the hands willingness to serve them in the best that we can do. May God bless us all.

Luke 9:23-26Feast of St. Edmund Campion, Martyr1 December 2020Jesus said:  ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, le...
01/12/2020

Luke 9:23-26
Feast of St. Edmund Campion, Martyr
1 December 2020

Jesus said:
‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it. What gain, then, is it for a man to have won the whole world and to have lost or ruined his very self? For if anyone is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his own glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.’

Reflection:

Following our Lord Jesus Christ is not only a mere or simple utterance of words. However, our very life being spent on following the Lord entails our willingness also to endure everything along the way. In other words, if we are going to follow the Lord words saying "I will" would be utterly meaningless if we are not ready to actualize them.

Today, as we celebrate the Feast of St. Edmund Campion we are being invited to be filled also with enough courage and faith in giving our life than giving up our faith. His very following the Lord causes him to die a martyrs death. Indeed a life being translated into action based on our Gospel reading for today, "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it. What gain, then, is it for a man to have won the whole world and to have lost or ruined his very self?" It was being said that St. Edmund was being offered with wealth and dignities in exchange of or with the condition of rejecting his Catholic faith he refused to do that resulted for him to suffer a martyrs death. St. Edmund, like in our Gospel reading, loses his life for the sake of Christ and for the sake of his Catholic Faith but he saved or gained the eternal life promised to those who remained in Christ and continue following Him even to the last minute of their life. Furthermore, the sense of giving up one's life does not only mean that of dying but it also means giving up some immoral practices pressing around us and to embrace the Gospel message in our life. Giving up one's life also means that we set aside the lure's of this world in order to aspire and reach out for the eternal life that God has promised to each and every one of us.

Therefore, may St. Edmund intercede for us to be more strong and constant in our faith. To embrace our Catholic Faith and teachings and not to be threatened if ever time will come that we may be asked to give them up. Wee also asked his intercession that we may never ever compromise the Gospel's truth and message in exchange to what others may want us to do which is not in accordance with the said truth and message. May God bless us all.

Credits to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://d.facebook.com/exploremcc/photos/a.435425271681.236188.143905991681/10155328051126682/?type=3&__tn__=EH-R

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/410742428505472145/

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/343469909067033989/

Matthew 4:18-2230 November 2020Feast of St. Andrew, ApostleAs Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothe...
30/11/2020

Matthew 4:18-22
30 November 2020
Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle

As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast in the lake with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.’ And they left their nets at once and followed him. Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. At once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.

Reflection:

As we celebrate today the Feast of St. Andrew, let us all together ponder on the Lord calling each and every one of us to follow Him.

As we may be able to see in our Gospel reading for today, Simon - who later on was called Peter, Andrew, James, and John immediately followed the Lord and left their nets at once when Jesus called them. Here, let us ask ourselves when we hear God calling each and every one of us what is our very response? Are we saying yes to God's calling or are we not minding the very call? If ever we failed to heed or answer the call what could be our very reason of not doing so? Indeed, we may be faced with a lot of uncertainties and yet trusting God who is calling us we may be able to do whatever mission or task that He will be entrusting or giving us. As we may also notice in our Gospel reading Jesus said, "Follow and I will make you..." We solely rely on God's grace in order for us to become who He wanted us to be in calling us. God continually calls and yet what could be our very response?

Therefore, in this Feast of St. Andrew let us ask his very intercession to fill our whole being with the same vigour or zeal in saying yes to God who is calling us in different aspects of our life. May God bless us all.

Credits to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://slideplayer.com/slide/8336501/

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-andrew-apostle-403

Luke 21:34-3628 November 2020Jesus said to his disciples:  ‘Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened with deba...
28/11/2020

Luke 21:34-36
28 November 2020

Jesus said to his disciples:
‘Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened with debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will be sprung on you suddenly, like a trap. For it will come down on every living man on the face of the earth. Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to stand with confidence before the Son of Man.’

Reflection:

In the world full of uncertainties and surprises, we cannot also deny the reality that as we proceeded along there comes a time when we fell wearied and begin to have a wavering faith. When time gets tougher and tougher sometimes we may be driven by a tendency also of becoming lax and to have a staggering faith.

However, in our Gospel reading for today, Jesus is trying to remind each and every one of us to be watchful and to stay alert, "Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened with debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will be sprung on you suddenly, like a trap... Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to stand with confidence before the Son of Man." In this sense, if ever it could happen instead of letting our hearts be coarsened with debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life let us never forget to come closer and closer to Him with bended knees and pray. This is because primarily we cannot avoid them for they could be part and parcel of our very existence, however, we can be able to overcome them if we are more staying awake and have the humility of imploring God's very intervention in our life. Consequently, we have an example in the very person of our Blessed Mother who stayed from the womb to the tomb. In this sense, as we are closing this liturgical cycle this day for we are going to start a new cycle tomorrow with the First Sunday of Advent, let us imitate and follow the Blessed Mary's example.Thus, as we begin a new cycle, where we can reflect together on the life of our Lord Jesus Christ let us also have Blessed Mary as our model and example because all throughout her life she was always vigilant and always open of doing the will of the Father by keeping everything in her heart.

Therefore, as we reached this point of closing this liturgical cycle and year, Jesus continues to remind us to be always vigilant by staying always awake. Moreover, Jesus is also telling us to always ask for that strength through our prayers in order to be able to survive everything that is going to happen. May God bless us all.

Credits to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://shop.farmfitliving.com/products/luke-21-stay-awake-wall-hanging

https://www.tumblr.com/search/luke%2021%3A36

Luke 21:29-3327 November 2020Jesus told his disciples a parable: ‘Think of the fig tree and indeed every tree. As soon a...
27/11/2020

Luke 21:29-33
27 November 2020

Jesus told his disciples a parable: ‘Think of the fig tree and indeed every tree. As soon as you see them bud, you know that summer is now near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near. I tell you solemnly, before this generation has passed away all will have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.’

Reflection:

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."

Our time here on earth would indeed come to an end and yet Jesus was giving as an assurance today that His promise would remain forever. We may wander away from Him and yet His words remain as it is, words of unending love and mercy. Words full of hope and evoking trust from each and every one of us. However, due also to our "humanity" - our weaknesses, shortcomings and failures sometimes we tend to forget and set aside His words and promises. Sometimes, the tendency of us going away from Him is also basically because of our selfishness and pride, thus, forgetting about God's word to become our guiding principle. Furthermore, Jesus is asking us to be deeply rooted in the said words and promises in our life.

Therefore, in our Gospel reading for today, Jesus is simply reminding us to remain steadfast in believing His Words and promises for each and every one of us. Our life would come to an end but God's infinite love contained on His words would never come to an end. May we remain steadfast in believing and in living out His words, that is, to believe on His love and continue to become His instruments of letting the same love be experienced by our brothers and sisters. May God bless us all.

Credit to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/610097080755970887/

https://www.pottypadre.com/rooted-in-his-kingdom-friday-34th-week-in-ordinary-time-luke-2129-33/

Luke 21:20-2826 November 2020Jesus said to his disciples, ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you must realise...
26/11/2020

Luke 21:20-28
26 November 2020

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you must realise that she will soon be laid desolate. Then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in country districts must not take refuge in it. For this is the time of vengeance when all that scripture says must be fulfilled. Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
‘For great misery will descend on the land and wrath on this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to every pagan country; and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the pagans until the age of the pagans is completely over.
‘There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the clamour of the ocean and its waves; men dying of fear as they await what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.’

Reflection:

"When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand."

Frightful sights and some forms of desolation would precede before the end of time. However, for those who have faith in God and stood firm on that said faith, everything that will be taking place would not be a source of fear but a source of assurance that the time each one is waiting for is already close at hand. That is why the passage would enunciate to each and every one of us that, "When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand." Indeed, for those who believed and remain steadfast in one's faith, this could be the very attitude and behaviour. However, for those who did not remain steadfast and lost their hope and trust in God the frightful sights and the feeling of desolation would add up to the fear in their whole being.

Therefore, let us all ask ourselves when the said time would come would we also be filled with fear or we would be driven by a kind of assurance because we remain faithful and steadfast to our God? Would we find ourselves standing erect and holding our heads high because what we longed and hoped for is already near at hand? May God bless us all.

Credits to the rightful owners of the photos:

https://watchman-ga.org/look-up-your-redemption-draws-near/

https://www.pray.com.au/gospel_reflection/tuesday-27-november-2018/

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