Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Mt 24: 42-51
August 31, 2023 | Thursday
Stay awake then, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come. Obviously, if the owner of the house knew at what time the thief was coming, he would certainly stay up and not allow his house to be broken into. So be alert, for the Son of Man will come
at the hour you least expect. Imagine a faithful and prudent servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time. Fortunate, indeed, is that servant, whom his master will find at work when he comes. Truly I say to you, his lord will entrust him with everything he has.
Not so with the bad servant, who thinks, ‘My master is delayed.’ And he begins to ill-treat his fellow servants, while eating and drinking with drunkards. But his master will come on the day he does not know, and at the hour he least expects. He will punish that servant severely; and place with him with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Today’s Reflection:
Gandhi once said: “I like your Christ, but not your Christianity.” The ready interpretation is obvious: Christ, as the founder of Christianity, is a true and indubitable embodiment of Christian tenets who is, unfortunately, being failed by His followers. We are His followers who backslide from the person of Jesus, our Master. Our parable on this last day of August is a reminder for us of what kind of followers
we choose to be– are we Christians who are faithful to Jesus in our everyday lives or are we slothful servants who only act proper when the Master is around? Let us always remember that Jesus’ Christianity is not seasonal or a scheduled lifestyle. It is constant, coherent, and ever demanding. If we will never take a chance to ride on to the helm of this moral demand, then we simply fail Jesus in us.
/Vulnerasti, 2023
