Bible Reflections I 26.08.2021 - Thursday I Indraya Manna I

Ordinary Time - Week 21

Readings 

          I - 1Thess. 3: 7-13

        II - Mt. 24: 42-51

THE MAGIC OF MINDFUL LIVING

According to the Gospel passage today there are two groups of people who are doomed to inherit the eternal damnation viz. the unready and the hypocrites.  Because both are concerned about everything other than the essential, the love of God and the love of neighbour. Preparedness and vigilance is essential to behold the Master as He comes.  We die the way we live.

Once the boys were playing in the ground. St. Don Bosco encountered them and asked, “What would you do if suddenly God calls you?”  Immediately St. Dominic Savio said, “I would still continue playing”.  Preparedness spurs fearlessness in facing the day of the Lord.  St. Mary Mazzarello gives an easy and simple formula to sanctity, “Sanctity consists in doing the right thing at the right moment, solely for the Love of God”. 

 

The trending wellness concept of the day is “mindfulness”.  Mindfulness is being fully present to oneself and to the happenings around.  When were are present to ourselves, persons and happenings around, centered on God, we can live our life healthier, better, fruitful and satisfied.  This is the simple technique yet highly magical in leading us towards a sacrosanct living that inherits eternal bliss. Mindfulness paves way to meet the Lord with preparedness and vigilance.