Rev 14:1-5; Lk 21:1-4
The first reading in today's mass is
for the the Revelation of Saint John chapter 14. To understand the
point the Church gives us today I would like to go back in the book
of Revelation. Chapter 13 start with John saying: “ I saw a beast
come out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads”. Then he
describes this beast and say again: “I saw another beast coming up
out of the earth”. John describes these two beasts destroying the
world and then in chapter 14 he says : “I looked and saw a lamb
standing on mount Zion. After the destruction of the beasts, John saw
a Lamb surviving the calamity; not only standing, but standing with
him a hundred and forty-four thousand. And these are the one who
followed the Lamb wherever he goes.
I want to connect this image of John's
book of revelation with the message of the gospel of today (Lk21:1-4)
expressing the theme of fidelity and total trust in the Lord. The
thousands of people in the first reading and the widow in the gospel
give us the example of total trust, surrendering everything to
Christ, the Lamb of God.
Where your treasure is there also will
be your heard.
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