Gospel

From he Gospel according to Luke. LK 17:26-37

Jesus said to his disciples:
“As it was in the days of Noah,so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.
So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in the field must not return to what was left behind.
Remember the wife of Lot.
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.”
They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?”
He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”

The Gsopel of the Lord

My Lifesaver.

The only Lifesaver with a capital “L” is You, Lord. Only You. I don’t need anything else because You are Life with a capital “L.” If I try to hold something back for myself, that is when I will be clinging to a lifesaver with a lowercase “l.”
The worldly lifesaver is orange, flashy, and with room for only one. God’s Lifesaver is allowing myself to sink if He wants me to sink, allowing myself to rise if He wants me to rise, allowing myself to go through if He wants me to go through, allowing myself to be glorified if He wants to glorify me… The Lifesaver is the Heart of Jesus, and in Him, there is room for you and me, and for everyone. He is bleeding out of love for me, for my husband, and for each of His own. What better place to sail together toward Life?

Applied to Married Life:

Anna: “I need you to understand me, I need you to be more gentle with me, I need you to do what you say… And you, what do you need?”
Luke: “I need to give my life in gratitude for your love and for the Love of Christ, who created me for you. That’s why I ask Mary to take me into Her Heart, so that with Her, my spirit can rejoice in God, so that with Her, He can see the humiliation of the servant of the Slave of the Lord.”
Anna: “You’re right. I was letting myself be guided by worldly criteria. I also want to be in Mary, and moved by Her, to give you my life out of love for you.”

Mother,

I want to be in Your Immaculate Heart. It is my only Lifesaver, because only You know how to lead me to the Heart of Jesus, so I can have the same feelings as Christ toward my husband. Blessed be the Good Shepherd.