The images from the texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary
today may seem, at first glance, to be remote and distant. The signs and
symbols of the passage from the Book of Revelation are explained by Friar JudeWinkler as being specifically related to the conditions existing in the
communities and Churches to which the text is addressed. Sardis was a nearly impenetrable
city which had only experienced conquest as a result of inattention and sleep
of the watchman. The author uses this particular local understanding to share
Jesus revelation that the people had gone dead in their action as disciples and
that Jesus would return to them as a thief in the night. The city of Laodicea
had hot water from springs which is the physical link to Jesus exhortation to choose
hot or cold. This message is to us to act and decide our direction. We are
followers of Jesus and we will respond to His invitation like Zacchaeus from
the episode, today, from the Gospel of Luke. The disciple is called to
conversion. Luke presents our salvation as the coming of Jesus into our lives
and our response by becoming more loving as our entry into an eternal
relationship with the Divine.
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