Readings
I - Judg. 9: 6-15
II - Mt. 20: 1-16
DISCERN AND DECIDE TO INHERIT LIFE ETERNAL
In today’s Gospel passage Jesus speaks about the reward of those who strive for the Kingdom of God, aligning their ways unto the ways of God. Towards the end of the Gospel passage Jesus says, “The last will be first and the first will be last”. He speaks of the absolute equity and equality in the kingdom of heaven. There are some who are saints right from their birth, there are others who take a U-turn towards God at one point of their life time and while there are still others who gain paradise at the last breathe of their life. St. Dominic Savio was a saint right from the beginning with the motto, “Death rather than sin”, St. Augustine when he discovered God, he said, “Late have I loved you, O Beauty, so ancient and so new, late have I loved you! You called, and you cried out to me and broke open my deafness; you shone forth upon me and you scattered my blindness” and the criminal on the cross who said to Jesus, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom” (Lk. 23:42). Still all partake in the glory of the bliss to the full with no distinction, for God shows no difference nor is He partial.
The voice of the Lord beckons to beset our life on the right track that leads to life eternal. To adhere to the Lord’s voice, return to him, amending our ways unto His, usher bliss of paradise, the heritage of all human being created in the image and likeness of God. Some listen to His voice, others neglect while still some other slight the same. When we conduct our life in vain after money, power, possession, pleasure and wealth, the voice of the Lord would definitely interrupt, inviting us for a greater purpose of attaining heaven, the blissful eternal life. Let every hour remind us, “See, now is the acceptable time, see, now is the day of salvation!” (2 Cor. 6: 2) for, “O that today you would listen to his voice! Do not harden your hearts” (Ps. 95: 7-8). Let our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, help me to hear you”.
