When a person loses the sensitivity of the heart, it’s terrible, because he or she no longer makes more distinction of what is right and wrong

“Take care that your hearts don’t be insensitive because of gluttony, drunkenness and the concerns of life, and that day does not fall suddenly upon you” (Luke 21, 34).

The word of God, with all the wisdom, brings to us: “Take great care so that our hearts do not fall on insensitivity”, since this is, in fact, the loss of meaning, of the sensitive side and tactile side of life.

I’ve seen several people who lost the sensitivity of the hands and the body, touching and feeling nothing, passing through the cold and the hot to them it is the same thing. But there’s a sensitivity much sharper than this: the heart.

When a person loses the sensitivity of the heart, it’s terrible, because he or she no longer makes more distinction of what is right and wrong, you lose human warmth,divine and human affection.

We have reason and logic, but our life is not only that, it is also human sensitivity. There are elements that Jesus is showing us today that will undermine the sensitivity of our soul and our heart. Very carefully, first, with gluttony; food is necessary for our life, we need to eat and drink, but any excess hurts our nature, our ability to see and reflect.Prudence to know about eating and drinking is essential to have sensitivity.

Who lives only according to what they will eat becomes an unreasonable person. It is the animal that lives in function of the hunt, depending on what it gets. You know, my brothers, this becomes so insensitive, because it is a practical reality for our days, our own way of seeing to seek the special food we eat.

Sometimes, you, who prepared the food for so many people eat, or the cook knows that there is enough food for all with leftovers, but you just see three gluttonous people eating first, they fill the plate like only they have to eat, and they do not think of the other. The chef prepared meat for all but the first person put half of it on his/her plate. Pity the others who come after him/her.

Gluttony makes the person focus only on oneself, others come. It’s not just in house! For example: in a restaurant, the person sees everything tidy, “cute”, he fills his plate and messes everything up, because he is just thinking of his plate. There is insensitivity in the thinking of the other.

The same thing with drunkenness. I don’t have to tell you of the foolishness that people are suffering by addiction to drink, what it actually does in our lives. Drinking cause insensitivity, because the person loses the sense of what is right, loses the sense of respect, loses his/her family. We already know all that alcohol causes among us.

People who have more concerns in life are neurotic with their concerns. And is actually a neurotic worrying about everything. There are those who have concerns with the cleaning, concerns with children.

Watch out! These three elements-gluttony, drunkenness and excessive concerns – they take from us the sensitivity to life, take from us the true understanding and righteousness of how it should be, so we don’t lose sensitivity, the most important, and for life itself, the day comes to an end. So, for many, death ends up in sadness, a disaster, because they lost the sensitivity of life.

God bless you!