Some people are afraid of the talk of the end of the world.
The Gospel speaks clearly of this necessary preparation for the coming of Christ, as King, and also to judge the living and the dead.
Things have to happen first, and I am not referring to a balloon party for a birthday, nor to a weak speech from the eighties in which they said that “everyone is good.” Well, no, he will come to punish the bad, yes. They say that God does not punish, and they lie knowingly and treacherously. Of course, he punishes. What else does it mean to say “go cursed to eternal fire”?
What we must do is prepare ourselves to receive that day with hope. My father said prophecies are not said so that we know what will happen, but so that when it happens, we have the comfort of knowing what has already been said.
The events that will happen before are necessary for their day to come, the great day. The Gospel of Saint Matthew says literally: “If those days were not shortened, no one would be saved.” It refers to the days of tribulation.
Preparing ourselves every day is our task. Thinking about how our soul and our heart are prepared for that date is essential. If today, in your Parish, you have not heard anything about the preparation for the final judgment, nor about the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ, be careful that the Gospel is not being adulterated for you. Be careful with the very good “cheer up, go ahead, nothing is happening here,” all this has a figurative meaning.
What will you say to Christ, pastors, when he asks you why you did not include some pages of his Good News in your preaching? Because the Last Judgment is also the object of our Hope, as the Encyclical Spe Salvi says.
Come soon, Lord. Come surrounded by power and majesty. We await you. That is why we want to be with you, we want to leave everything that separates us from you. We want to live forever in that eternal life, promised, in which we believe. There is our treasure, there is our heart.
