Glory be to Jesus Christ!
Any parent knows how important it is to keep children safe through warning them of the dangers that surround them. In our world today there exists a type of sentiment that “children shouldn’t be tied down and should be free to do as they wish.” Indeed, our God is a God of freedom- just look at the freedom of Adam and Eve in the Garden. God does not force anyone. Yet, we cannot say that God does not warn us. He warns us because He loves us.
Throughout the periods of captivity God’s people faced under the Persians and Assyrians, God worked through His prophets to warn the people. In our reading today our Lord warns His disciples of the impending destruction of Jerusalem and the need to be vigilant and flee when they saw what He warned of coming to pass.
We also have been given warnings, brothers and sisters. It might not be the city we live in which is being physically destroyed, but the destruction of our moral and spiritual life happen through us not heeding the warnings that God has given us through His inspired Scriptures, and especially through the Commandments and Beatitudes. Let us heed the warnings of our Father, a Father loves us enough to warn us of the dangers we will encounter as His children.
Glory be to Jesus Christ!
