Vigilance

"Hey, be careful, will you? This whole event's been advertised in advance. Just be alert."
--Frank Horrigan (In the Line of Fire)

The theme of today's readings is vigilance. Vigilance is the act of staying alert for onset of a situation or event. The situation or event is anticipated to be of great significance or consequence.

Vigilance is required because, although we may be confident that the event will occur, we do not know when it will occur. Therefore we must remain watchful so that we are not caught off guard.

The words and actions of the Lord tell us that the most important events in our lives will happen when we least expect them.

Vigilance keeps us on our toes.