Vanity of vanity!

We begin this morning, reading from the Book of ecclesiastes. Quohelet, who wrote in the 3rd century before Christ, reminds us that everything in this world is temporary and meaningless if they don’t focus on God. “Nothing new under the sun and all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes1:9). Jesus Christ came to give meaning to our lives. Through the proclamation of the Good News, his life death and resurrection he gives everyone of us an opportunity to have eternal life. Yet, we often behave like Herode, who missed the opportunity to amend his life through the preaching of John the baptist. On the contrary, he beheaded him. For him just like for each of us, Jesus is the final opportunity, we must all seize in order to have abundant life.

All heavenly powers, pray for us!

Fr. Georges Roger BIDZOGO SAC