Twenty-Ninth Tuesday of Ordinary Time

Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.”

We must be vigilant in awaiting the return of Christ. We do this by clothing ourselves in faith, lighting the lamps of hope within our souls, and being open to loving God and His children. When we do these things, we become good and faithful servants whom God will wait upon when the Day of Judgment arrives. This doesn’t mean we should expect to be given graces and gifts in this life, but rather when we pass onto the next life we will have the hope that our hearts will be filled to the brim with the love of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So let us be prepared to receive Jesus into our hearts at every hour so that we might be blessed by the love, mercy, and grace of the Holy Trinity.

Are we girded in faith? Are our hearts lit with the light of hope? How do we keep vigilant in love in the face of our selfish temptations?

O Lord, give us the grace to be always on watch for you, in whomever we meet.

Amen.