Saint Monica

Memorial of St. Monica

Friday, August  27

Matthew 25:1-13

 

Mass: In today’s parable of Ten Bridesmaids describes to stress the fact that we must be always ready for the call of the Lord.

We are aware that the life on earth is very short

Life is given to each one of us for one purpose only to prepare ourselves for eternity. How then ought we to spend this short but precious time here on earth.

With life God has also given us responsibilities and commitments of particular vocations. We need to prioritize them.

We must seek first the Kingdom of God making God and the coming of his Kingdom our first priority.

And the second priority is to grow in holiness.

How? We can grow is holiness by our charity serving others, using every opportunity using our God’s given resources, talents and charisms.

Under God’s direction, to give Him glory and build up the Kingdom of God. The Gospel says, “But at midnight there was a cry. The bridegroom is here. Go out and meet him.”

We do not know the day, hour and the minutes of his visitation. Each one of us has responsibility to remain alert and watchful. It us up to us now to decide where we shall be found on the last days with the wise bridesmaids or with the foolish.

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Monica, a wise mother who by her faith, prayers and good example won the conversion of her son, St. Augustine and made him a Saint. May she also aid us in our journey to eternity.

Fr. S …

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The parable of the ten virgins,

Mt 25:1	5119 ADV Τότε tote then	3666 V-FPI-3S ὁμοιωθήσεται omoiōthēsetai will be like	3588 T-NSF ἡ ē the	932 N-NSF βασιλεία basileia kingdom	3588 T-GPM τῶν tōn of
3772 N-GPM οὐρανῶν ouranōn heaven	1176 A-DPF δέκα deka ten	3933 N-DPF παρθένοις, parthenois virgins	3748 R-NPF αἵτινες aitines who	2983 V-2AAP-NPF λαβοῦσαι labousai having taken	3588 T-APF τὰς tas the

 (RSV)  "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

(Vulgate)  tunc simile erit regnum caelorum decem virginibus quae accipientes lampadas suas exierunt obviam sponso et sponsae

(KJV+)  Then⁵¹¹⁹ shall the³⁵⁸⁸ kingdom⁹³² of heaven³⁷⁷² be likened unto³⁶⁶⁶ ten¹¹⁷⁶ virgins,³⁹³³ which³⁷⁴⁸ took²⁹⁶³ their⁸⁴⁸ lamps,²⁹⁸⁵ and went forth¹⁸³¹ to meet^{1519, 529} the³⁵⁸⁸ bridegroom.³⁵⁶⁶

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