Thirty.third Sunday B in Ordinary Time, Mk 13,24.32

The word “end” has many meanings. The end also means the beginning of something new. Today’s Sunday is penultimate at the end of the church year. Autumn in nature, our cemeteries, the view in the mirror, and our aging also speak of a lot. The end of life is a great fear for many, and others are afraid of the end of the world. The future is also time to evaluate, thanks, beg and enjoy.

The Lord Jesus, about his words, as marked by the evangelist St. Mark and to whom we paid attention during the church year, say: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Mark 13:31).

In today’s gospel, they have a unique memento role. The Lord Jesus tells the disciples of the day and events of the day when people “will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory” (Mark 13:26). The events that took place at that time will not capture the fantastic works of the human spirit. God’s work – the world will cease to exist. The mission assigned to him by the Creator will end. Those God created in his image (cf. Gen 1:27) will see their God, the Redeemer, the Son of Man, in his power and glory. The end comes to the beginning.
The Lord Jesus does not want to frighten us with these words. On the contrary, when the parable speaks of a fig tree casting leaves, it is a precursor that summer is coming. The myth is a challenge to notice things and events around you. Be reasonably prepared to meet your God Judge. Jesus often uses the familiar words of the prophets during his ministry. So that Jews, Christians, and all people will realize their mission and goal on earth in simple terms. It doesn’t matter how and when this moment of the end comes, but our readiness for this moment is essential. Life ends with death, and a new one begins with death. Being ready for death is everyone’s duty. The mementos are our words: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Mark 13:31) History speaks of the end of individuals and nations. Account will cease with the second coming of Christ into the world. “No man knows that day or hour, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father” (Mark 13:32). God, put your things in a state of truth and Love. Then we will not be filled with fear, but in fear, we will expect our God, the Judge, whom we call merciful and righteous.

He must come to meet God at the hour of death and the end of the world so that God can justly reward and punish the pinnacle of his creation, the man whom he not only created but for whom he died and whom he directed and sanctified. Our lives are like tasks given by the teacher to the students. Every day we fulfill them in knowledge, wisdom, Love… The teacher cannot do them for us; he would not be a good teacher. Our tasks are of different quality. Our lives also go through different stages. What matters is how we work all the time. However, the end decides. At the hour of our death, God will reward our whole lives. The reward will be fair. Each role will be included in the premium or punishment. It cannot be described. Life cannot be repeated. We believe we only live once. Incarnation, to finish something, to do something for something, is not part of our faith. The more we take our lives responsibly. We each accept a reward or punishment for ourselves. There will be no need to explain things, argue, blame others, speculate. We will have no time, no desire to change anything, no strength. God is the Judge who has the best information about our thoughts, words and deeds. The statement of the Judge God will be eternal, final, unchangeable. However, a man who dies in enmity with God will not desire to live forever with him in his Kingdom. He condemns himself. On the contrary, God fulfills man’s desire to live with him in his Kingdom. He gives a share, a reward, to all who have equally expressed their friendship with God.
Therefore, there must be a meeting with God the Judge to all know the Love and justice of God. God gave everyone in his righteousness a reasonable opportunity and opportunity to show him his Love. God did not predestine anyone to salvation or perdition in the beginning. The Father created the world for all, just as the Son of God died for every man, and the Holy Spirit, who is Love, gave his gifts to everyone to use.
The time of the last judgment must come to separate the wicked from the good. The murderers of their God and their brothers and themselves will be justly punished. Both good and evil will receive a reward for their lives. Our eternity, therefore, begins with our use of reason and free will. It is in our hands—God of every man of respect.

Today’s Sunday reminds us that it is suitable for our lives to be compared to the constant cry, “Marana tha!” – “Come, our Lord!” We live so that we are always ready: whether at midnight, in the morning, or during the day. We live in the hall or the shadow of eternity. We have no reason for hysteria but mercy. We believe that the second coming will be different than it was in Bethlehem. He came then as an unknown. Now, in his words, we expect him to come with divine power to take over the Kingdom over those who have accepted the invitation and worked to build his Kingdom. The thought of Christ’s coming to the faithful evokes joy and consolation in being co-heirs of the Kingdom of God.

And so today, we want to resemble the sailor that Sigmund Freud, the creator of psychoanalysis, writes in the short story that we should always be ready.
The sailor finds himself on an island somewhere near the equator. He was surprised by the behavior of the local natives, who greeted him with applause, singing and carried him to their capital. There he was crowned his king, but only for one year. In one year, the king was granted all the wishes and orders. True, the sailor began to take an interest in things around him. What he learned took his breath away. After a year, the inhabitants will take him to a deserted island, where he will be left without any means of subsistence; he will be a sacrifice to the gods. When the sailor king recovered from his shock, he began to wonder what to do. First, he began building a kind of warship. He then ordered the island to plant fruit and other trees, sow and plant vegetables. Finally, he gave the order to build a lovely house on the island. So the sailor king prepared for the day when the natives of the island would expel him from their island.

We can say that the thinking sailor in Freud’s short story prepared for a change of life. The idea of ​​eternity, of meeting our God, should be similar. Do everything we can to be accepted into the Kingdom of God. The prophet Daniel has already written: “The wise will shine as the brightness of the sky, and those who have brought many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever” (Dan. 12: 3).

And such a view at the end pleases and fills with hope. Today, Sunday before Christ King, is an opportunity to realize what, change, leave, and start a new life so that we can continue in His Kingdom after meeting our God.