Friday, April 19, 2024

Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: We must make the most of our time

Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: We must make the most of our time
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Lluís Raventós
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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Gospel text
Mt 25:1-13
"The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them..."
Gospel's Commentary
Today Jesus speaks again about the future. In particular, the future that awaits us as human beings. We are the only species capable of reflecting about the future. However, we are so "animals" that we often ignore that reflection, as if this life were eternal. -The drama for the "foolish bridesmaids" is that full happiness, the eternal one, depends on our use of time: they slept! ... and didn’t arrive in time.

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