“What I say to you, I say to all: 'Watch!'” (Mark 13:37)

The stories of Noah’s Ark and the destruction of the city of Sodom in the Old Testament clearly demonstrated how men could lose their direction in leading lives of luxury and dissipation.

Jesus once condemned the Jews for being ignorant even in face of the truth. Jesus said, “For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.”

Today we are even more familiar with Jesus than the Jews he had once spoken to. However, would Jesus address us similarly: “If the Jews has seen and heard the mighty deeds you witnessed, they would have repented.” now that we are nurtured by God’s words and the Blessed Sacrament or the Eucharist?

When Jesus asked us to be vigilant, it was not only for the sake of our eternal life, but he also wished for us to be able to enjoy our peace in God always. This is because the root of our wellbeing is founded on living according to God’s will.