Today’s Thoughts: One might say our readings today from the Book of Daniel (Dan 2:31-45) and the Gospel (Luke 21: 5-11) are like watching the evening news or tuning into one of the many 24-hour news stations at any point in the day. Bad things are a happening, for sure!
Yet, Daniel and Jesus don’t say – run, hide, give up. Jesus says don’t be terrified. Don’t follow all the doom and gloom proclaimers. Why shouldn’t we be terrified? Why shouldn’t we hang on every word of the gloom and doom proclaimers? Why - because God’s grace is at work. The question is – how do we believe that God’s grace is at work? The images that we encounter in the Book of Daniel today are images of the great kingdoms that have been part of Israel’s faith story, the Babylonians, the Medes, the Persians, and the Greeks. The image of the statue being destroys just reminds us that all great earthy powers will not last. In the end only God’s heavenly Kingdom will last! Jesus has always said that the things of this world, the things we think so important are not important. Even something like the great temple of Jesus’ time will not and did not last. Our focus, our trust, our faith needs to be placed in God. If not – we will be sucked in by the terror, the doom and gloom of the world. As St. Ignatius of Loyola said, God’s grace is enough. Our challenge today and every day is to look around and find God’s grace at work in the world and in us. It is there – we just need the eyes of faith to see it! Have a holy and blessed Tuesday everyone!
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