Acts 13:26-33 / John 14:1-6
In a country that is densely populated like ours, space is a precious item in our way of life.
In the office, we would like to have our own room or cubicle. At home we would like to have our own room. Even on the social level, we would like to have our private space.
Having our own space, in the broadest sense of the word, gives us a sense of security and privacy, and it is a visible as well as an invisible demarcation of what is ours and what is not.
So when Jesus told us not to let our hearts be troubled, and to trust in God and to trust in Him, He reinforces it by saying that there are many rooms in His Father's house, and that He is going to prepare a place for us.
But of course, more than just thinking that we will have our own personal rooms in heaven, we must think of it as a promise from Jesus that when we walk in His way, and live our lives in His truth, then the reality of being in heaven and rejoicing in the presence of God will be our inheritance.
And that is essentially the Good News that Paul was proclaiming in the 1st reading, when he said that the promise made to the ancestors of Israel is fulfilled in Jesus, who was raised from the dead.
The Resurrection of Jesus is the fulfilment of the promises of God made to His people through all the ages.
No doubt while on earth, we will have our troubles, our space may be intruded and even violated, and we have our worries and feel the anxieties.
But our eternal home is in heaven, and there we will rejoice in peace in the presence of God.
But even here on earth, He will wipe away the tears from our eyes, so that we can see clearly that in Jesus we will find our way to heaven.