The Reward of the Faithful-The Great Day of the Lord!

 

27th Week Thursday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Mal 3:13-4:2

The Reward of the Faithful-The Great Day of the Lord!

Meditation

We see in the world the unrighteous and evil doer flourishing. The righteous have a thought what gain is in following the Lord and his commands. For the good only pain, suffering, sorrows and troubles to face. It is true that life is such in the world we live. Human experience teaches that the good will have happy ending. Though the evil bag the prize, at the end the winners will be the good and faithful people. Lord invites each one to more commitment and dedication to God and to one another. Unfaithfulness leads to destruction, evil and sorrow in this world and in the next world. Let us commit to God and his ways so that we may be members of the glorious heaven, saved through God, Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ.

Do we trust in the law that good will win? 

Year Two

Gal 3:1-5

Meditation

May we Stop Moving Spirit to Material!

At times we need to accept that we are foolish in matters concerning spiritual life. We trust in the world and in ourselves to save ourselves. We know that the world and the law will do the needful. The law will indeed do good. It is not the law alone that is not enough for our salvation. In that sense, St Paul calls the Galatians foolish, but we are clever in the sense of the world.

We begin with spiritual things in our lives and end with unspiritual. We begin our life in the Spirit of God and end in flesh. We begin life for God, and we end with evil. This can happen to any of us i.e. moving from spiritual to material. Let us be constant in Spirit in prayer and vigilance. May the Spirit take possession of our lives.

Do we allow the Spirit to take control of our lives?

Lk 11:5-13

Holy Spirit is a Gift to Us!

 “So, I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.  For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.  Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for[a] a fish, would give a snake instead of a fish?  Or if the child asked for an egg, would give a scorpion?  If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Lk 11:5-13).

We know the parents give the best to their Children. God is provident Father; He gives us the best at our request.  He knows only to give the best for us. He is the true Father, yet time we do not get what we wish or want then we are worried but the Lord knows what is needed for us and what is not needed for us. Ask, you receive, search and you will find and knock and the door will be open to you. The Lord is going to give us the Holy Spirit, who will be with us and in us to inspire to live well in this World. As along as the Holy Spirit is with us, we have nothing to fear or worry.

Do we know that the greatest gift of Jesus for us is Holy Spirit?

Fr Putti Anthaiah, sdb

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