It seems like everyone follows the rules of the road when they see a highway patrol vehicle is on the side of the road.
It’s easier to be faithful and holy when we receive a lot of consolation and good feelings when we pray.
We’re more prone to do good works when we get credit and praise for them.
It’s natural for us as humans to behave in this way. In today’s Gospel, though, Jesus reminds us that those in His kingdom act with integrity. They do the right thing whether or not they would get caught, feel good, or be praised. They are ready for Jesus’s coming at any time, perhaps because they are looking forward to it so much.
So today let us ask God for the strength to act with integrity in all we do, and to look forward to His Kingdom at all times.
Parece que todos siguen las reglas de la carretera cuando ven que un vehículo de la policía está al costado de la carretera.
Es más fácil ser fieles y santos cuando recibimos mucho consuelo y buenos sentimientos cuando rezamos.
Somos más propensos a hacer buenas obras cuando recibimos crédito y elogios por ellas.
Es natural que nosotros como humanos nos comportemos de esta manera. Sin embargo, en el Evangelio de hoy, Jesús nos recuerda que aquellos en Su reino actúan con integridad. Hacen lo correcto ya sea que los atrapen o no, se sientan bien o sean elogiados. Están listos para la venida de Jesús en cualquier momento, tal vez porque la esperan con muchas ganas.
Así que hoy pidamos a Dios la fuerza para actuar con integridad en todo lo que hacemos, y para esperar Su Reino en todo momento.
J.M. Pallas has had a lifelong love of Scriptures. When she is not busy with her vocation as a wife and mother to her “1 Samuel 1” son, or her vocation as a public health educator, you may find her at her parish women’s bible study, affectionately known as “The Bible Chicks.”
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