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Wednesday 33rd Week OT
St. Luke’s Institute
November 19, 2014
“IF ONLY” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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thing we all share in common – myself included – is that at 1 time or another
all of us have missed an opportunity that could have changed our life,
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And
at that time we have lamented that if only – those famous words “if only” – we
knew then what we know now, our life would be different
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While
we cannot know the future, there is something we can know about it
What
must happen +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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In
today’s reading from the Book of Revelation, John is taken up into heaven where
he is shown what must happen
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In
the heavenly throne room he is told that (1) God will be victorious
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Despite
the sufferings and evils of the present, God will have the last word, the most
important word, the only word that, in the end, counts
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God
will conquer the cosmic powers of Sin and Death
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Today’s
Gospel teaches us a second thin about the future by reminding us that when the
Lord returns (2) We will be required to give an account of our lives
NO NEED FOR
LAMENTING +++++++++++++++++++++
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To
be sure, neither of these readings tells us exactly how the future will unfold
in our lives or what will happen to us…
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But
they do remind us of God’s final victory
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They
teach us that although we do not know the future in detail, we do know what is
most important so that we will not have to lament, “I only I knew then what I
know now”
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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For,
the moment, for this moment, that we already know that the future belongs to
God and that we must now act accordingly must suffice
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But
it is enough to make a difference in our attitude and in our choices today!
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