Luke 17:31-37 NRSVue

³¹On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away, and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. ³²Remember Lot’s wife. ³³Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. ³⁴I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. ³⁵There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left.” ³⁷Then they asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the eagles will gather.”

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem to die. He does not have much time left. He knows that he faces the ultimate choice soon. Is that why he speaks so vehemently about the need to choose now?

Reflection
How do I react to the atmosphere of urgency and foreboding? Am I energised? Am I appalled?

Reflection
I may have things to say to Jesus. Perhaps I can walk with him on the road to Jerusalem.

Reflection
Three apocalyptic visions weave in and out of one another in these chapters of Luke: Jesus' sense of his own forthcoming Passion and death; his warning of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans; and the second coming of Jesus at the end of time.

Reflection
Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem to die. He does not have much time left. He knows that he faces the ultimate choice soon. Is that why he speaks so vehemently about the need to choose now; and about the insecurity of this life? Remember Teresa of Avila's words to her Carmelite sisters: /Life is a night spent in a bad inn. My sisters, let us never try to make it our resting place./