1st Sunday of Advent 2011

Last Thursday, I was one of the many passengers who were waiting for the plane at Kalibo airport. It was expected to arrive on time as we had to board the plane at 10:30 A.M. But it was delayed for almost an hour. When it arrived, we rushed to get inside the plane and took our seats. However, the pilot announced that we had to wait for a call from Manila to allow us to fly. After a long period of waiting, at last, it was announced by the pilot that we were going to fly. The flight began. When we were about to land at the airport, again the pilot made an announcement that we had to wait for our turn to land as there were eleven planes to make their landing first. There I realized that it takes too long to wait when you wait just as the proverbs say A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS. It seems it takes forever to wait for something or for someone. The time seems to be too fast and everything around is so slow. Or the clock seems to be too slow to run and still everything is slower. We do not know what to do with our time while waiting and such gives us an irritable feeling somehow.
In our gospel which is taken from Mark 13: 33-37, Jesus said, “Watch; for you do not know when the time will come.” Jesus told us to wait for Him. Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead. Jesus will give the reward of eternal life in heaven for those who will remain faithful to him as they wait. But for those who will be found unfaithful and those who cannot wait for Jesus, they will be in hell.
We need to be patient and be prudent while waiting. We have to do something while waiting so as to be found worthy of eternal life. Jesus will come not according to our time, but in His time. What we can do, we have to wait and pray.