Random Reflections

Mass Readings for19.11.11

1 Macc.6:1-13

Luke 20:27-40

As the Church's liturgical year will be coming to a close next weekend, we are called upon to meditate on the last things of life and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. In the First reading we see the tragic end of King Antiochus who admits that he has been punished by God for desecrating the Temple in Jerusalem and for persecuting the Jewish community.His has been a bitter and mighty fall in his last days and after death he will be again judged by God.

In the Gospel reading Jesus gives us a glimpse of the joys of eternal life that awaits those who have been faithful to the One True God. The blessed ones will be like angels and will be counted as children of God. There will be no more death and hence no more child bearing or marriages. There will be no more tears and no more suffering. We will all be loving brothers and sisters in the joyful company of our loving Father and God. This blissful happiness and pure love will be of a totally different dimension and is unimaginable.The divine love which will mark our relationships with each other will be entirely of a different category than what we experience in this life. But we get a foretaste of it in this life with the loving indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our hearts  who guides us gently to live a life pleasing to God. After death what joy there is to see God face to  face ! This is known as the beatific vision. For faithful christians death is only the beginning to a more glorious eternal life in the loving company of God and those dear to him.

God Bless