Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025: Mass Readings and Reflection

First Reading: (Romans 6:12–18)

Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 124)
Response: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Gospel: (Luke 12:39–48)

Reflection

If you were told that today would be your last day on earth, how would you spend your remaining time? Most people when asked, almost everyone gave the same answers: some said they would rush to confession, knowing no one can enter heaven with unrepented sins. Others said they would go straight to church and remain in prayer until their final breath. Some even said they would give away their possessions, realizing they would no longer need them.

In other words, we know what leads to heaven, repentance, prayer, charity, and readiness. Yet in everyday life, we postpone these very things.

Imagine a person in a plane moments before a crash, or in a car seconds before a fatal accident. What floods the mind at that moment? We have seen videos of people crying out, “Jesus!” In the face of eternity, priorities become painfully clear.

This is how a Christian ought to see life: tomorrow is not guaranteed. If we know we need confession, why wait for another day? If we need to forgive, to love, to reconcile, to break from sin, or to do good, why delay?

Jesus tells us: “If the householder had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.” We do not know the hour, not of death, not of judgment, not of the Lord’s return.

We treat time as if it were endless. We delay tasks, arrive late, and even take our spiritual life casually. Yet there is one account we draw from daily without ever seeing the remaining balance: the account of life itself. Each sunrise is a withdrawal. How much remains, only God knows.

Should we fear death? No. But we should live each day so well that if death came this very afternoon, we would be at peace. The good you can do, do it today. The confession you need, go today. The forgiveness you are withholding, offer it today. Time is not waiting for us.

So let us ask ourselves honestly: If today were my last, would I be ready to meet God?

May St. John Paul II intercede for us, that whenever our hour comes, we may be found faithful, watchful, and prepared. Amen.

Amen.
-Pal Ronnie-