Saturday, 11/28/15
The readings are in a somber mood today-- the last day of
the church year. They ask us to look forward to each of our individual worlds
coming to an end. The Gospel asks us to not be caught unawares, warning us
against letting our hearts “become drowsy
from carousing and drunkenness.”
Now, even though we don’t get lost in carousing and
drunkenness, we still should not get lost in mindlessness.”
Jesus tells us, “Pray
always,” and we can do that by constantly reminding ourselves that we are
in God’s presence. “In him we live, and
move, and have our being.”
We each should be like young Samuel. He would fall asleep
next to the ark of the covenant in its shrine at Shiloh. One night he awoke on
hearing a voice calling, “Samuel!” Twice on hearing it, he rose and reported to
the old priest Eli; but when it happened a third time, old Eli told him that it
must be the Lord calling him.
Samuel went back to sleep, but when for a third time he
heard his name being called, he answered, “Speak, Lord. For your servant is
listening.”
You must be ever ready for when the Lord calls you. You must
answer, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”
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