As we journey towards the end of the Church year, we start hearing in the gospel about the end times. Today we hear about the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins awaiting the bridegroom. The bridegroom represents Christ. The wedding feast represents heaven. The oil for the flasks that the virgins use to keep their lights burning represents our faith.
As we live out our lives as followers of Jesus Christ, we need to be ready for the time when the Lord will come and call us to himself, whether it's our own individual death, or the end times with the final coming of Jesus to judge the world. We don't know when either will happen. So, as we live out our lives, we need to be ready to meet the Lord at a time when we least expect. Will we be ready, as the Wise Virgins, living out our lives as followers of Jesus Christ, keeping our faith strong by the daily reading of scripture and living out our lives in a Christ like way? Or will be like the foolish virgins and be caught off guard when the time comes that we are called before the Lord?
Keep your flasks full of the oil of faith by developing a good and healthy relationship with the Lord. Read scripture daily and live out your lives with love for God and for your neighbor. That way, when the time comes when the Lord calls us, we will not be shut out like the foolish virgins.
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