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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:00:49 +0000
Gospel: Lk 12:35-38
JESUS said to his disciples: “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. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.”
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Jesus uses the imagery of a wedding in his time in which the servants wait for the return of their master, usually around midnight. The master is not the bridegroom, but only a guest at the wedding. When he comes home, he should not wait long for the door to open. He may be tired from traveling or walking from the party.
It is surprising to note that the master rewards the vigilant servants who immediately open for him. He serves them at table as if he is their servant. The preparation for his return, then, is also for the servants’ good.