Thursday, September 22, 2022

25th Week, Ordinary Time, Friday, 23-09-2022

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 /  Luke 9:18-22    

Having to do spring-cleaning or tidying up the place can be burdensome for people who are not that particular about arranged neatness.

Some may be like an “absent-minded professor” who leaves things everywhere, but still somehow they will be able to find the things they need to get the job done.

When it comes to cleaning or tidying up, some may have a regular schedule and hence their environment is usually neat.

Some will know that cleaning and tidying up is necessary but just couldn’t find the time to do so.

But a time will come when the necessary needs to be done, and things just happen and the cleaning and tidying up will go full speed ahead.

The 1st reading talks about such a time, as it says that there is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven.

The 1st reading reminds us that everything happen in God’s time, as it says that “all that God does is apt for its time”.

In the gospel, the time came for Jesus to ask His disciples about their opinion of Him.

They could be uncertain at that time, but they will be certain and clear when the time came for them to put their faith and trust in Jesus.

We too may have our doubts and questions about our faith. 

The journey of faith would also require us to do some cleaning and tidying up of our lives.

When the time comes, we will be clear and certain about who Jesus is and what God’s will is for us.