Daily Inspiration

Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.” -Matthew 24:42-51

We are one and the same, both property and the servant in charge, for our body and soul belong to the Lord. We know not the day or hour we will be called into His presence to judge whether we were a just and prudent servant of the Lord’s gifts.

We ask You, Lord Jesus, strengthen us that we may be awakened to Your Truth. Guide us and keep us that we may always be vigilant, to see the enemy thief approaching. Through your strength, may we be fortified, that our doors remain forever locked to the enemy, and always open to You, the Master of our being. Amen

Saint Augustine of Hippo, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you.