Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin [USA]
Memorial of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Religious [Jesuit Churches]
Jesus tells us today of the suddenness of the end, the day “the Son of Man will be revealed.” Activities left unfinished, people separated, lives stripped and taken where “vultures will gather.”
A frightful picture, indeed.
It is helpful to remember that the one painting this picture is Jesus, the came to give us his life. He is the one who came that we may have life in abundance.
And we must recall that our life is not our own. It has been given to us. If we seek to save it on our own, we will lose it. If we give it to God and his Kingdom, our life will be preserved, saved. It is our choice. God wants our cooperation.
As St. Catherine of Siena put it, “God who created you without you will not save you without you.”