Not Forever

The WORD today reminds me that God will not tolerate wickedness forever. 

Nice people are usually quiet. They are patient and tolerate others. However, as they say, silent waters run deep. Even though they're understanding and supportive, when they’ve  had enough, they snap and do things you wouldn't think they're capable of. This is probably how God is. 

God is good. He is patient with us. He understands us. He gives us second chances. But we should not abuse him. We should not be too complacent just because if his goodness. As they say, we should not mistake kindness for weakness. Because he will not tolerate us forever. 

God is good, but he will not tolerate sinful people forever. 

We see this through Jesus parable in the gospel. The master gave the tenants multiple opportunities to do good. He gave them the benefit of the doubt. He even sent his only Son, thinking they would respect him. He chose to see the goodness in them, and not their sins and wickedness. However, that would not last forever. He knew when it is too much, and he gave then what is due them. 

God is like this as well. He gives us opportunities to repent and do good. He gives us the benefit of the doubt. He chooses to see the goodness in us, or even our potential to do good, and not our sins and wickedness. However, God knows what we want. He will not force us to do good. He will not force us to welcome him. And as we repeatedly ignore and hurt him, we are telling him we do not want him in our lives. And as such, when the time comes, we will forever be away with him and spend eternity in hell. 

Do I follow God? In what ways do I ignore and rebel towards him? In what ways does he call me? How do I respond? Do I put off doing good because I know God will forgive me and that there will always be next time? What is he telling me today? 

May we come to our senses and not abuse God's goodness, for he will not tolerate our sinfulness forever.

Father God,

Thank you for today. Thank you for another day to live. Thank you for another week. Thank you for the reminder. Lord, sorry for the times I abuse you. Sorry for the times I delay doing good or serving you, thinking that you would understand anyway. Awaken me Lord. Make me come to my senses before its too late. Help me come to you and surrender to you as I prepare for eternity. Help me as I live. May my actions, may my life tell you how much i love you. Amen. 

Blessed Week!

In Christ,

-g-

June 01, 2020

Monday of Week 9; St. Justin

FIRST READING

2 Peter 1:2-7

Beloved:

May grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 

His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Psalm 91:1-2, 14-15b, 15c-16

R. (see 2b) In you, my God, I place my trust. 

You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, Say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 

R. In you, my God, I place my trust. 

Because he clings to me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in distress. 

R. In you, my God, I place my trust. 

I will deliver him and glorify him; with length of days I will gratify him and will show him my salvation. 

R. In you, my God, I place my trust.

ALLELUIA

See Revelation 1:5ab

R. Alleluia, alleluia. 

Jesus Christ, you are the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead; you have loved us and freed us from our sins by your Blood. 

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

GOSPEL

Mark 12:1-12

Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants 
to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully. He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed. He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this Scripture passage: 

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?” 

They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.