FRIDAY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME-Gospel (Lk 21:29-33)- The Word of God for Everyone

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Lk 21:33)

FIRST READING - RV 20:1-4, 11—21:2

A reading from the Book of Revelation

I, John, saw an angel come down from heaven,

holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a heavy chain.

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent,

which is the Devil or Satan,

and tied it up for a thousand years and threw it into the abyss,

which he locked over it and sealed,

so that it could no longer lead the nations astray

until the thousand years are completed.

After this, it is to be released for a short time.

Then I saw thrones; those who sat on them were entrusted with judgment.

I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded

for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God,

and who had not worshiped the beast or its image

nor had accepted its mark on their foreheads or hands.

They came to life and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Next I saw a large white throne and the one who was sitting on it.

The earth and the sky fled from his presence

and there was no place for them.

I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the throne,

and scrolls were opened.

Then another scroll was opened, the book of life.

The dead were judged according to their deeds,

by what was written in the scrolls.

The sea gave up its dead;

then Death and Hades gave up their dead.

All the dead were judged according to their deeds.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire.

(This pool of fire is the second death.)

Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life

was thrown into the pool of fire.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

The former heaven and the former earth had passed away,

and the sea was no more.

I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem,

coming down out of heaven from God,

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

GOSPEL OF THE DAY - LK 21:29-33

From the Gospel according to Luke

Jesus told his disciples a parable.

“Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.

When their buds burst open,

you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near;

in the same way, when you see these things happening,

know that the Kingdom of God is near.

Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away

until all these things have taken place.

Heaven and earth will pass away,

but my words will not pass away.”

FRIDAY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME-Gospel (Lk 21:29-33)

The Word of God for Everyone

Dear People of God,

The Word of God in today's Gospel, God wants to tell all humanity that the Word of God is the Word of Eternity.

His words will never disappear, and His words will bring life to mankind.

Therefore, the Word of God must be illuminated, preached, and taught to mankind; and it must be put into practice in life.

God calls upon everyone to accumulate spiritual wealth to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. As we look at external signs to judge things, God calls on everyone to examine our souls, to see if we have done what God has taught us.

If we have not done so, then we should try our best to listen to and follow God's teachings.

If we are only concerned with looking for the external signs of the world, without looking into our souls to see what we have done before God, then God has a warning for us to be aware of the way we live while still living in this world.

The Word of God has been given, and that Word will always be fulfilled: God will eliminate those who do not live and do not follow His teachings, He will eliminate those people from His loving arms.

Therefore, the Word of God today calls on everyone to worry about accumulating spiritual wealth to buy into the Kingdom of Heaven; that is, to examine our own actions; if anyone has done wrong, has not pleased God's will, then be determined to repent, to abandon sin, to return to God; those are the signs that God calls upon humanity today.

Because the greatest grace of this era is the grace to acknowledge sin and the determination to stop sinning.

Let us walk on the path of the light of God's Word because only the light of God's Word can illuminate, guide, and lead us to the eternal happiness of the Kingdom of Heaven in the future.

Thanks be to God. Amen.