AWARENESS OF JESUS CHRIST IN GRACE

SAINT JOHN PAUL II, POPE Rom 6:12-18; Ps 124; Lk 12:39-48 The Coming of Christ in Grace Our Lord asked his disciples to pray for the grace to stand before the Son of Man when he appears in glory. But we know that standing before the Son of Man when he appears in glory will not be a problem for us if we are now standing before him in grace. What does it mean to stand before the Son of Man in grace? The standing here has the same meaning as the standing of the angels before the One of great age in the vision of the prophet Daniel. It is a spiritual standing that denotes eagerness to receive God’s revelation and to carry it out immediately. The angels are spiritual beings with no physical form to stand on. They are said to stand before God when they wait on him to receive the revelation of his will. The same applies to us when we wait on Jesus Christ to understand God’s will for us. Because Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the revelation of the Father comes from him to both angels an...