Commentary
The Coming of the Son of Man
All of the parables/examples used by Jesus in this passage affirm
that the Son of Man will come in the most ordinary moments of life. The list includes eating, drinking, marrying,
giving in marriage, men being out in the field, and women grinding grains at
the mill. It is in those ordinary
moments and activities that the Lord will come.
In fact, with the Incarnation, the first coming of the Son
of God, every human reality can and indeed is an encounter with the invisible God. Jesus is the Emmanuel, God with us. The Kingdom of God is here, in the midst of
our daily life and ordinary responsibilities of our calling.
God surely is present to us in moments of prayer, in God’s
words, in the Sacraments, and other spiritual realities. And the same God is present to us in the events
of our daily life, in ourselves, and in the people around us.
If we are sensitive to the Lord’s presence in
the here and now, then we are ready for his second coming among us, whenever
that might be.
On the contrary, we can get caught up in the hustle and
bustle of daily life, and lose sight of the presence of the Emmanuel, God-with-us.
Advent calls us to train our interior eyes to see the
God-with-us, and recognize Him in our ordinary life. Then, we will be ready to celebrate His first
coming at Christmas, as well as His second coming, whenever that might be.
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