What Benedict XVI had to say…
Girded loins and hearts burning ready…
From the Sunday Angelus address:
Castelgandolfo, Aug 12, 2007 / 10:20 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI has reminded the faithful to heed today’s Gospel reading by detaching themselves from material goods and instead preparing interiorly for Christ’s return.
Continuing on from last Sunday’s Gospel reading, which warned of attachment to worldly goods that are “for the most part illusory”, the Pope invited the faithful to instead direct themselves to “the heights of heaven”. The believer, he added, “stays awake and keeps watch so as to be ready to welcome Jesus when he comes in all His glory”.
“Through examples found in daily life, the Lord exhorts his disciples to live with such an interior disposition, like the servants in the parable who await the return of their owner”, the Pope said, referring to today’s reading from Luke 12:37. “We must therefore keep watch, praying and working for good”. - Catholic News Agency
