The parable of the ten virgins helps us understand the word today. Previously, on the eve of the wedding, the bride’s friends went to meet the bridegroom, and so began the marriage feast. This parable, at the end, says: “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour.”
We can not be like the foolish virgins, for the Lord is at hand. When he will arrive, we do not know, but he is showing signs calling us to be prepared and vigilant.
It is interesting that this parable comes right after Jesus talked about the end times. One of the distinct phrases that he says is this: “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.“(Matthew 24, 30)
New American Bible. (2011). (Revised Edition., Mt 24:30). Washington, DC: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Imagine the beauty when the Lord comes back and all the dead shall rise and go to meet the Lord in the air! Those who are alive, explains St Paul, need not die, they will be transformed and receive a glorious body. This is what awaits us.
“Then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with power and glory.” At the beginning of Chapter 4 of the Letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, he says that this is the will of God, your sanctification. This is the right way to prepare for the coming of the Lord. Therefore, it is necessary to be holier each day, grow in holiness of life. A little later in this chapter, the author states that God has not called us unto uncleanness, but in holiness.
We need to say “no” solemnly to impurities that enter our houses. I do not know how you even watch the garbage called telenovelas (soap operas and tv dramas). It’s like a dump truck that sits against your home every night and it pours out impurities, promiscuity and homosexuality. What’s worse, our children, our children, adolescents and young people receive all that truck dumping and impurity.
Jesus wants to clean up your house and take away all its uncleanness and prevent this infectious waste from entering into your life. What God wants from you is purity and holiness in his family. You do not need Him to come into your home and do as he did in the temple in Jerusalem [tipping over tables].Do some cleaning in your life before its too late and Jesus even needs to do it.
Do you want your marriage, your children and your entire family clean and holy? Ask God for the grace of ever increasing holiness.
St. Paul writes to the Philippians: “But we are citizens of heaven. From there we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body and become like his glorious body “(Philippians 3.20 to 21). See that wonderful truth is this, rest assured of what the Word of God gives us.
Pope Francis spoke clearly about the coming of Jesus not as something apart, but now in our times. It shows that we are precisely in this context. The Pope said that the Lord will transform our body, and this is to be like His glorious body.
A few weeks ago, the Pope also spoke about the coming of Jesus. You doubt that it is the Holy Spirit who is inspiring the Pope to speak about this?
It is therefore precisely that many grave, sorrowful things have happened. “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and all that dwell therein. But, O earth and sea, beware! Because the Devil came down to you, having great wrath, knowing that his time is short. The Dragon, seeing that he was cast unto the earth “(Rev. 12, 12-13). If the word for heaven is “Rejoice” for the earth is “careful” because the “devil went down to you.”
The devil knows more than we do, he knows that Jesus is coming and is near. He knows that His coming is imminent. The wrath of Satan is already terrible, but now it is full of great anger, knowing that his time is short. At this time, you cannot be foolish, no way, because his time is short. On the one hand, the Lord will come but, on the other hand, Satan has brought upon us great anger, knowing he has little time left.
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the sea was no more. I saw descending out of heaven from God, the holy city, new Jerusalem, adorned as a wife to her husband. At the same time, I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. Dwell with them and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them. “(Revelation 21: 1-3)
Affirm to yourself that you want this to happen to all your family and to you. When the Lord returns, He will “wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no death, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain, because it passes the first condition. So that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. He said, ‘Write, for these words are trustworthy and true. “. (Revelation 21.4-5) Yes, the Lord will make all things new” Again I said: It’s ready! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. The thirsty I will give to drink freely from the fountain of living water. The winner will inherit all this; and I will be his God and he shall be my son “(Revelation 21.6 to 7).
The Lord says very glorious things, very beautiful, and puts them in first place, but because he is Father, He also shows the inside out, “The lukewarm, unfaithful, the depraved, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the ill, the idolaters and all liars will have to share the burning tank fire and sulfur, the second death “(Revelation 21: 8). That the second death can happen to anyone, to me or to you.
The Lord tells us: “Yes, I come quickly.” And we say: “Come, Lord Jesus!”.
Monsignor Jonas Abib