LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
You are not forgotten in the waiting. Stay awake—My coming will not catch you by surprise if your heart stays lit with love.
LIVE IT TODAY: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
You are not forgotten in the waiting. Stay awake—My coming will not catch you by surprise if your heart stays lit with love.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Luke 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.”
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
The faithful wait not with worry, but with worship.
Jesus paints a vivid picture: servants standing ready in the middle of the night, lamps trimmed and burning, belts tightened around their robes. The phrase “gird your loins” refers to pulling up one’s long garment and tying it for action—ancient readiness. The call is clear: faith is not passive waiting, but active preparation.
But then comes the astonishing reversal. When the master returns, He doesn’t demand service—He serves. “He will gird himself, have them recline, and wait on them.” The divine roles are flipped. God Himself becomes the servant of those who stayed faithful. The Greek word makarios, translated “blessed,” carries the sense of “deeply fulfilled.” The reward of vigilance isn’t just heaven someday—it’s intimacy with the One who stoops to love us even now.
We live in an age of distraction, where vigilance feels impossible. Endless noise, screens, and schedules numb our hearts to eternity. Yet Christ’s warning is tender: don’t fall asleep to what matters most. Lamps grow dim not from drama, but from neglect. The oil of daily prayer, Scripture, and sacrificial love keeps them burning bright.
In family life, this means keeping the flame of faith alive through small, consistent acts: praying before meals, forgiving quickly, ending each day with gratitude, resisting the pull of constant busyness. Vigilance is not fear—it’s fidelity. The one who watches with love is never caught off guard.
Parents, tonight pray over your children by name, asking Jesus to awaken their hearts to His nearness. Pray that your home be filled with lamps burning bright—souls ready to open the door when the Master knocks.
“The prayer of the hour of Jesus, rightly understood, remains the model for Christian prayer.” (CCC 2746)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Faithful Waiting: What would it look like for you to “keep your lamp lit” in your current season of life?
The Master Who Serves: How does Jesus’ promise to serve the vigilant reshape your view of God’s heart?
Family Vigilance: What small rhythms can your family practice to stay spiritually awake and ready?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, share one way you can “keep your lamp burning” this week—perhaps setting aside time for prayer, reconciliation, or an act of kindness done in secret.
Then pray over one another by name: Lord Jesus, awaken [Name]’s heart to Your coming. Keep [Name]’s lamp burning bright with faith, hope, and love. Strengthen [Name] to watch with joy, not fear, until You come again in glory.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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