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From the Desk of Deacon Terry
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November 27, 20211st Sunday of Advent
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ: “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.”
It is interesting that Jesus pairs drunkenness and anxiety in this passage as equal forms of distraction. One uses substance to distance from reality, and the other is a preoccupation with the frustrations of reality. Both are presented as equally harmful, taking our heats away from focusing on the true reality of the coming of Christ.
Drunkenness and anxiety are also both presented as causing us to become “drowsy.” Perhaps the vigilance that Jesus speaks of is not a sharp awareness that borders on anxiety or a complacency that removes us from our situation.
Perhaps Christian vigilance is more about seeking a balance between noticing the aspect of our life that are not currently life-giving and holding them in a healthy perspective.
God Bless your heart!!
Dc. Terry
