Accountability is a habit
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| Larry Faraon, OP |
There are four seasons in the Catholic liturgy, namely Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter. But among these four, Advent comes as the most important and relevant for Christians.
Two thousand years ago in Palestine (Israel today), the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, his passion, death and resurrection in Jerusalem are now historical landmarks for a Christian’s journey, where history becomes an active commemoration; where commemoration becomes a reenactment; where reenactment becomes a dynamic reliving of the meaning and effect of such divine actions for the salvation of mankind.
However, the core event of Advent is still in the anticipatory and expectant stage, because the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is yet to happen.
Christians are exhorted to “gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival” (Luke 12:35-37).
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is as definitive and purposive as expressed in the Apostle’s Creed, “He will come again to judge the living and the dead.” Judgment at that time is final and executory — it’s either heaven or hell..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101205com6.html
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