3rd Sunday of Advent

What should you do Lk. 3:10-18

If you know that it is going to rain,

What should you do?

If you know there is going to be a monster snowstorm,

What should you do?

If you get COVID 

What should you do?

Most of us know the answer to these questions

And most of us do what we should do. 

John the Baptist told everyone that the Messiah was coming. 

And they all asked “what should we do. 

He told the rich not to hoard. 

Tax collectors to be fair,

And soldiers not to  abuse their power. 

Each person depending on their state in life were to prepare for the Lord. 

If you knew Jesus was going to come to you tomorrow,

What should you do?

Stop and ask yourself. 

Who am I and what is my state in life. 

Am I a child,

Then to prepare for the Lord,

I should respect and obey my parents. 

Be the best son or daughter I can be. 

Am I retired?

Then to prepare for the Lord,

I should spend the time that I have wisely and productively. 

If I am a husband or wife then I should 

Love my spouse as myself and give all I have to my beloved. 

If I am an employee, then I should work with pride and accountability. 

If I am a priest then I should practice what I preach. 

John the Baptist did not tell the people to worry about what everyone else is doing. 

Rather look at one’s own life and calling and live it to the best one can. 

Because when the Lord returns,

He is not going to ask us what our neighbor has been doing, 

But what have we been doing?

Have we been the best brother , sister, mother , father,

Worker, Christian, Priest that we could be. 

This what we should do,

To prepare for the Lord’s return.