文|Bishop Barron
翻译|Carrie

朋友们，在今天的福音中，耶稣告诫说祂（即人子）会在我们意料不到的一天来临。人子的来临有什么可怕的呢？为什么这不只是好消息？

 

如果祂就是生命，那么与祂对立的生命就必须让路；如果祂就是真理，那么谬误就必须退让；如果祂就是正道，那么我们就必须抛弃所有歧途。所以，在我们等待主的光荣来临之际，我们必须把生命交给祂，并且放弃与祂对立的一切。

 

Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus warns that he, the Son of Man, will come on a day we do not expect. What’s so frightening about the coming of the Son of Man? Why isn’t it just good news?

 

Well, if he’s the life, that life which is opposed to him has to give way; and if he’s the truth, then false claimants to truth must cede to him; and if he’s the way, then the false ways have to be abandoned. So, as we await the Lord’s second coming, we must give our lives to him and renounce everything that opposes him.