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Dear friends in Christ Jesus, I am so happy to welcome you all for today’s Holy Mass. Dear friends, every time we come to church, we meditate upon the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, every time we come to church, we profess our faith saying, “ Christ who has died and is risen will come again, not to judge us but give us life that will never end. Every time we come to Church and receive any of church’s sacraments, we begin to prepare and celebrate our unending life with Christ our Lord.
In today’s Gospel, we are so blessed to know how the end is going to be and what the gifts we are given to face it.
1. On the Last day, the divine created universe will begin to react differently. The Sun and the Moon; the stars and the sky will begin to manifest the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. yes, Our Lord Christ very particularly communicated with His disciples about His second coming. Though Christ our Lord openly spoke everything, sometimes because of their limited understanding and human condition, the disciples could not understand everything. Even today, though we live in an advanced sophisticated world, we too still struggle to understand so many things. And that is why, when Christ our Lord was taken up to heaven, the apostles looked sad and confused and then the angel of the Lord appeared to them and said, “ O men of Galilee what are you looking up in the heaven?’ The Christ who was taken up to heaven, will come back in the same way surrounded by angels and arch angels”. Yes, Christ our Lord is coming. He is coming not to punish us but to take us with Him so that where He is we may be too.
2. On the day, the divine created earth will begin to react differently. there will be earthquakes and destruction; calamities, war and famine. The whole earth will be shaken and many false prophets and people will appear among us and proclaim that they are the living son of God, they are Christ but we who believe in Christ will know how to identify the coming of Christ. We know that the coming of Christ is not to destroy us but to give us life. we are all given enough grace and blessing to know the difference between good and evil. we know how to say “No” to pain and suffering and Yes to love and forgiveness because each and every day, we put our faith into practice and love more and more everything and forgive more and more everything.
3. Today the question is how can we know the presence of God with us? Today’s gospel says that there is a way to know the living presence of God among us. yes, as we face spiritual challenges, we do not need to be afraid of what to say and how to react and all we have to do is just put our strong trust in the Lord. Christ who loves us so much will give words and show how to react according to the situation. many prophets, saints, holy men and women experienced the presence of God
Conclusion: So we are here not to be afraid of the destruction, war and calamity but to celebrate and live our life to the fullest. Because Christ is coming not to punish us but give us life that will never end. Amen.