Life is a time for making divine goods bear fruit



It is up to us, to every Christian, to make the treasure of graces that the Lord places in our hands bear fruit now, while "enlivened and united in his Spirit, we journey as pilgrims toward the consummation of human history, which fully coincides with his loving plan: to restore in Christ all things, things in heaven and things on earth (Eph 1:10). 3 This is our task while the Lord returns for each one of us at the moment, perhaps not too distant, of death: to strive to ensure that the Lord is present in all human realities. Nothing is alien to God, for all things have been created by him and are directed to him, while preserving their own autonomy: business, politics, the family, sports, education....

I am coming quickly ," the Lord tells us today, " and with me my reward, to give to each according to his works. I am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end4. 4 Only in him does our work here on earth find meaning. The whole Church, and every Christian, is the depository of Christ's treasure: God's holiness grows in the world when each one of us strives to be faithful to our duties, to the commitments that, as citizens, as Christians, we have made.

 

Hablar con Dios