Key Message:
The Goal of our life: To reach our Heavenly Father!!
Homily:
Testimony: “Once I was feeling very inferior that all my brothers and sisters are financially well, much more than me. I was thinking about it, then my Lord Jesus said, “I have blessed you more than them”. That gave me a sudden realisation, that though they are residing in palatial houses, I am enjoying much more, because I am serving His children. Therefore I am enjoying more peace and inner strength. I understood that my brother Jesus would have built a grand palace for me”.
A teenage girl said, “I was wondering what the goal of my life was. What was the end I needed to reach? I knew that I needed to have a career, family and so on.. but where would it all lead to? Then I finally got the Eureka moment. My final destination is reaching my Father in Heaven”.
In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord Jesus reminds us, “In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places… I go to prepare a place for you.”
Our end goal cannot be satisfied with career or any kind of achievements. Our race will be successfully completed, when we reach our Heavenly mansions. Every other goal is only temporary.
Also, our Lord Jesus cannot build our mansion with our Sunday trip to church alone. He requires the raw materials from our entire life.
Though there are many responsibilities to fulfil, we need to spend time with our Lord Jesus. Otherwise we become tired, lose our direction, easily troubled and lose clarity.
Our first calling is your relationship with Jesus.
And if you are called to take care of spiritual needs of your focus, continue to focus only on your spiritual calling. We can delegate our other responsibilities like the Apostles in the First reading.
Though we may be helping others, we should not lose time to nourish ourselves in the presence of Jesus.
The Apostles prioritised their activities. They prioritized Prayer over anything else.
We can become so busy, that we forget Jesus Himself.
Do not replace your Jesus time with activity, because work without prayer leads to emptiness.
Our Lord Jesus is not asking us to do more.
He is asking you, “Will you walk with Me?”
Because if you stay with Him, He will lead you safely to the Father.
Practical tips:
1. Fix your daily time with Jesus
Even 10–15 minutes is fine.
Prayer, scripture and 1:1 discussion moment with our Lord Jesus.
The Apostles regarded this as “Non-negotiable”.
2. Start your day with direction
Keep Lord Jesus in front and ask Him, “Lord, lead me to the Father today.”
3. Do not get lost in busyness
Ask yourself: “Am I doing this with Jesus… or without Him?”
4. Always have the end goal in mind.
Even for small tasks, recall that your end goal is reaching our Father in Heaven. Ask yourself, “Am I moving a step forward or backward?”
When we live like this, we will experience inner peace.
We are not just living for today…we are living for eternity.
Key Message:
The Goal of our life: To reach our Heavenly Father!!
Homily:
Testimony: “Once I was feeling very inferior that all my brothers and sisters are financially well, much more than me. I was thinking about it, then my Lord Jesus said, “I have blessed you more than them”. That gave me a sudden realisation, that though they are residing in palatial houses, I am enjoying much more, because I am serving His children. Therefore I am enjoying more peace and inner strength. I understood that my brother Jesus would have built a grand palace for me”.
A teenage girl said, “I was wondering what the goal of my life was. What was the end I needed to reach? I knew that I needed to have a career, family and so on.. but where would it all lead to? Then I finally got the Eureka moment. My final destination is reaching my Father in Heaven”.
In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord Jesus reminds us, “In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places… I go to prepare a place for you.”
Our end goal cannot be satisfied with career or any kind of achievements. Our race will be successfully completed, when we reach our Heavenly mansions. Every other goal is only temporary.
Also, our Lord Jesus cannot build our mansion with our Sunday trip to church alone. He requires the raw materials from our entire life.
Though there are many responsibilities to fulfil, we need to spend time with our Lord Jesus. Otherwise we become tired, lose our direction, easily troubled and lose clarity.
Our first calling is your relationship with Jesus.
And if you are called to take care of spiritual needs of your focus, continue to focus only on your spiritual calling. We can delegate our other responsibilities like the Apostles in the First reading.
Though we may be helping others, we should not lose time to nourish ourselves in the presence of Jesus.
The Apostles prioritised their activities. They prioritized Prayer over anything else.
We can become so busy, that we forget Jesus Himself.
Do not replace your Jesus time with activity, because work without prayer leads to emptiness.
Our Lord Jesus is not asking us to do more.
He is asking you, “Will you walk with Me?”
Because if you stay with Him, He will lead you safely to the Father.
Practical tips:
1. Fix your daily time with Jesus
Even 10–15 minutes is fine.
Prayer, scripture and 1:1 discussion moment with our Lord Jesus.
The Apostles regarded this as “Non-negotiable”.
2. Start your day with direction
Keep Lord Jesus in front and ask Him, “Lord, lead me to the Father today.”
3. Do not get lost in busyness
Ask yourself: “Am I doing this with Jesus… or without Him?”
4. Always have the end goal in mind.
Even for small tasks, recall that your end goal is reaching our Father in Heaven. Ask yourself, “Am I moving a step forward or backward?”
When we live like this, we will experience inner peace.
We are not just living for today…we are living for eternity.