Be On Your Guard!

Hello! and happy good Saturday to all of us; and, it's just 27 days to go before Christmas, GUYS.  Our today's "food for the soul":

THE GOOD NEWS (28 November 2015)

"Be on your guard; let not your hearts be weighed down with a life of pleasure, drunkenness and worldly cares, lest that day catch you suddenly as a trap. 

For it will come upon all the inhabitants of the whole earth.  But watch at all times and pray, that you may be able to escape all that is bound to happen and to stand before the Son of Man." - Luke 21:34-36

(After speaking about the imminent end of Jerusalem, Luke speaks of that day which will conclude human history with the coming of CHRIST, the Judge.

Be on your guard.  This invitation is not only addressed to those who will know that day, but it is for everyone, throughout the history of the Church.  Once more he invites us to watch and pray while the world is asleep.

That you may be able to stand:  to avoid errors and deceit during the trials preceding CHRIST's coming.  The Our Father expresses the same concern.  Those who are expecting the coming of the Kingdom pray:  do not put us to the test.

In fact, vigils and prayers serve not only to prevent possible falls.  When the believer and the Church are more awake, they cooperate more in the development of the divine plan and hasten the coming of the LORD.)