Weekly Homilies33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Trust God: Even Life doesn’t make Sense.
In this age of informational technology, we receive information very quickly and immediately. What took decades ago, for information to reach us, which was about months, weeks and days. But now it is a matter of minutes and seconds. We know what is happening in and around the world. We know who, where, what, how, when and why of all the situations and circumstances in the world.
Living in this time of age is stunning on the words of Jesus Christ “About that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the Father.” It is only Father in heaven knows the end of the age”.
The face book, twitter, you tube, and all of social platform have conditioned us in receiving the information immediately. Therefore, we feel it is our right to know what is going on, and what is happening. We feel it is our right to know about what is going on. But there is one information that we will never know, and it is not our right to know ever, and that is “End of time”.
God has set apart that piece of information away from us, because to see, who is it truly Trust in Him. God has a plan, an amazing plan with all the challenges, with all the difficulties, with all the troubles that He sends on our way. God has incredible plan but none of us know what, none of us can see how, none of us can understand why.
We want to know when will this challenges, trials and suffering comes to an end. But that question is never answered by God. We know we have challenges, trials and sufferings in our lives but the question, when this is going to end? Only God knows it. Because God wants each one of us to trust in Him. There is an end to all these sufferings and only God knows it. we all Christians need to Trust in Him. This is the reason God doesn’t want to know the end of time
To trust God means, you have to allow God to do what He wants to do, let Him succeed on his terms, time and his ways. Trust God even when life doesn’t make sense. Trust God’s timing- “Your pain today will be your strength tomorrow”. You may have some things you don’t understand and you can’t figure out, you don’t see the answer. That’s ok you don’t have to see it.
This is the key to Faith, trusting when you don’t understand, trusting when you don’t have the answers, trusting when it seems like just the opposite of what you were hoping for. Quit worrying those things you can’t figure out. God has you in the palm of his hand, I know not how this is going work out but I do know who’s on the throne and I do know who’s directing our steps. I do know who’s planned out our days.
In Life, challenges are inevitable. We face trials, personal struggles, natural disasters, and unforeseen circumstances that can shake our very core. During such times, we may find ourselves questioning everything-our purpose, our decisions, and even our faith and trust in God. However, it is precisely in these moments of doubt and despair that faith and Trust becomes our most essential lifeline.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga, during his novitiate, was playing billiards with a friend. During the break, their talk shifted to a more serious one with his partner asking, “Supposing a few moments from now you were going to die, what would you do?”
St. Aloysius Gonzaga paused for a moment and said with a smile, “I trust the Lord and I would go on with the game.”
What he’s trying to say is that we should not worry about the end of the world. What we should worry about is that whether or not we are holding on to our Christian faith and trust in the Lord and live it to the fullest despite of many adversities.
When God pushes you to the edge of difficulty Trust Him fully because two things can happen either He’ll catch you fall, or He will teach you how to fly. Trust God even when Life Doesn’t make sense.
Amen.
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