20 October 2019
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In a society that values independence, self-sufficiency, and even self-love, the idea of help is becoming more and more unusual. When in need, depend on yourself or if that fails, ask Google for an answer.
Of course, this is a caricature of the modern world in which we live, but it’s not too far off.
Jesus words are more relevant today than ever: “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” We have faith in what we can see, we have faith in what brings instant results, instant gratification. We have faith in ourselves. But do we have faith in something greater? In a love that guides our lives? That brought us to be and will one day call us home? In a love that hears us and answers us in his own way and his own time?
Keeping faith alive has always been a challenge, but maybe more so in this day and age. Let us pray always and not grow weary, remembering that our help is and always will be in the name of the Lord, who made both heaven and earth.