32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Life on earth is too short; so we must live it well. It is not how long we live here on earth that matters most but how well we live our lives. Why life here on earth is too short? Well, we are not meant to stay here on earth forever though we are meant to live forever. Our life here on earth is a gift of God for us. As a gift from God, our life attains its perfection when we see Him the Giver of life which will happen in a life hereafter. Jesus said in the Gospel of Luke 20: 34-36, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Clearly there is a life hereafter. There is eternal life after we die. But Jesus also implicitly stated that while we live here on earth, we have to live our life well and do not just waste it just because we are assured of a life hereafter. No! What we can do for today in order to have a better life we have to do it and be happy doing it. In the life hereafter, life is surely far different as Jesus said it so. And because we are not there yet in what we call eternal life, let us prepare ourselves for it by living a good life here and now. The best way to prepare for the life to come is to live well the life we have at this time.