A Topic to Remember

"One thing is certain, that is death.  What is uncertain is its hour!"  That is a quote from Saint Anselm, a Doctor of the Church.  It is also a quote that is a way of life.  Death is a reality that we have all faced because we have lost people who have been close to us and whether we want to hear it or not, we will all die.  There is no escaping this reality and fact of life.  As it says elsewhere in the Scriptures, "The wages of sin is death."  In the Gospel from this past weekend, Jesus told his disciples and us, that we need to be prepared because the Son of Man will come on a day and an hour that we least expect.  The same can be said of the hour of our death.  We do not know and I believe there is a reason for that.  God wants us to live in His love and share that love with others so we can live out that mission however long we have on this earth.  God is the only one that knows how everything will transpire and there is no need to worry because everything is in His hands.  I preached about death over the weekend and one of the parishioners told me what he observed sitting in church.  People were focusing on what I was saying, but they weren't.  Others on the hand were looking down.  Why?  This is a topic we all know about, but no one wants to hear about it or talk about it.  My recommendation is that we need to talk about because death will come when we least expect.  Hopefully we will be ready, but that is why these reminders from Scripture and our Lord need to be talked about at all times.  The topic of death is one that we need to remember at all times.  Like Saint Benedict told his monks, "Keep death before you daily!"  God Bless You!!!!