Time is running out, the world is passing away

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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Twenty-third Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 11 September 2024
1 Corinthians 7:25-31     <*[[[[><  +  ><]]]]*>     Luke 6:20-26

I tell you, brothers, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning, those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away (1 Corinthians 7:29-31).

Thank you, dear Father
for these timely and wonderful
reminders as we often compare
our selves with others or 
are never contented with what we have
or where we stand,
always wondering amid 
great temptations that 
"the grass is greener at the 
other side of the fence."

Teach us contentment
in your Son Jesus Christ;
teach us dear Father
to be always aware of the
day of the Lord,
of Parousia;
while many times most Christians
believe in parousia, 
only a few believe it will happen
in their lifetime;
many of us forget that 
even if the parousia does not
occur in our lifetime,
our life will definitely end,
making us stand before the
judgment seat of Christ for sure;
help us realize that to live as if
our life will never end is the height of folly,
while to live with the knowledge
that our life will end is the beginning of wisdom.
That is why, Jesus calls us blessed
when we are poor,
when we hunger,
when we weep,
when we are hated
and maligned
because in your beatitudes
you make us look forward
what is beyond material and temporary,
that is passing away;
let us set our sights more
on things that shall remain after
everything has ended,
with things that shall persist
in eternity like our souls
and You, O God.
Amen.