Saturday, September 24, 2022

26th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 

The chasm


There are the haves and the have not’s in this world
The rich men and the Lazaruses

The rich man had everything
While Lazarus had nothing.
Not even scraps.

But when they died,
The roles were reversed.
Lazarus had everything
And the rich man had nothing.

So the rich man asked Abraham
To send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to ease his torment.

But Abraham replied that there is a chasm that separates them that cannot be crossed.

As I was driving one day,
I thought how much I wanted to see Br. Juniper again,
I am sure many of you have the same desire to those you love.
But we can’t.
Because there is a chasm that separates this world from Heaven.

A chasm too far to cross from one side to the other.

And I thought to myself,
Why?
Why is there a chasm that separates this world from Heaven that cannot be crossed?

Because this world has hatred and jealousy and selfishness in it.
War and violence and racism and sexism and all the other isms!

And the purpose of that chasm is to keep it from spilling over into Heaven.
Because if it did spill over into Heaven,
Then Heaven wouldn’t be Heaven anymore.

And that is why we cannot cross over to Heaven and Heaven cannot cross over to here.

Although at times we can hear voices.
Calling out to us.
We can see faces in the shadows.

So what is a person to do?

As sad as death is
And as much as it seems that death takes everything from us
When Death comes for us.
Death gives us wings; to cross the chasm.

And get to the other side.
Where angels and saints, Family and friends
Are waiting.

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