I've gotten a couple of mailings recently advertising the end of the world. I say advertising because both were trying to either get me to put notices in our bulletin to get parishioners to believe in their "prophesies". It is also hard not to flip through the TV channels without catching a program about Nostradamus' predictions, or the Mayan calendar, or a giant meteor heading right at the White House (or maybe my house, YIKES!), or some other "prophecy".
I would like to jump on the band wagon. THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!!!!!! I have no idea when it is going to happen, buy this world will end.
Jesus warns us in the Gospel of Mark today that the things that we depend on are (in)security blankets. While the people of His world depended upon the sun, moon, and stars for telling time, navigating on land and sea, celebrating feasts, and even foretelling the future, Jesus warns that they are not going to last. His point is that only God is dependable; only God's time is for sure; only God is secure; only God is worth living for!
We spend a lot of our time, energy, and even our money trying to secure our lives. It is natural for us to want things to be dependable and safe. Our will to live is our strongest natural inclination. So, if we can help make ourselves safe and secure by any of our own efforts, then why not? However, God is bigger than our plans.
God also promises that it will be worth our sacrifice to let go of our (in)security blankets to cling to the only ONE who promises us eternal life, a banquet, and a Kingdom that will never end. Are you willing to let go of unreliable things and never be disappointed again?
Paz,
Fr. Chuck
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
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