BEADS OF JOY 08-07-16
“Parable of The Servants”
©2016 James Dacey, Jr. OFS
My Friends,
Today’s
Gospel: Luke 12:32-48 (Parable of The Servants)
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
"Let your loins be girded
and your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to
come home from the marriage feast, so that they may open to him at once when he
comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when
he comes; truly, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table,
and he will come and serve them. If he comes in the second watch, or in the
third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if
the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have
left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready; for the Son of man is
coming at an unexpected hour."
Peter said, "Lord, are you
telling this parable for us or for all?" And the Lord said, "Who then
is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household,
to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant
whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly, I say to you, he will
set him over all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself, `My
master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the
maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant
will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,
and will punish him, and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew
his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall
receive a severe beating. But he who did not know, and did what deserved a
beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him
will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the
more.”
Reflection:
Today’s parable is all about
being prepared for Jesus’ return. Are you busy serving others in preparation
for the Divine Kingdom? In other words, are being the faithful servant of the Lord
being watchful at all times; helping direct others in prayer and the things of
God? Or are you like the unfaithful servant of the Lord leading His children
further and further away from Him through the pleasures of this world? In many
ways God’s ways are completely opposite of the worlds ways; that is why so many
so easily fall into the trap of being so preoccupied in this life.
We MUST spend whatever time God
has given us and use that time to prepare for His coming/our leaving this life.
Do you hunger for Jesus in your life? Do you spend hours each week in the
scriptures and prayer and even time weekly at adoration and still have this
hunger for Him that you can’t explain? That is awesome! That is the kind of
hunger you want, never being satisfied with only a little of Jesus or only an
hour a week at Mass; but rather have a life totally and completely consumed by
Him and still want more. I have spent 33 years of my life consumed by Jesus and
I feel like I have just got started. If Jesus knocked on your door today and
said, “Let’s Go!” Would you be eager and ready? I would be ecstatic beyond my
wildest dreams.
Jesus wants us all ready and
eager to receive Him. No matter what the hour or day is. Think about it: What
is the greatest, most absolute, most incredible, treasure you could ever receive?
How about this: To be with Jesus in Heaven for all eternity! No treasure on
this earth; no experience in this life; no amount of money no matter how many
zero’s will ever compete with eternity in Heaven with our Lord! Jesus’ gift to
us is absolutely priceless (we can’t buy
it) it is filled with an overabundance of joy and it has eternal security
that has no boundaries to always protect us. So open your heart and your life
to Jesus and allow His love to consume all of you. And tell others of this Joy
you have.
LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!
Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS
