09/09/2026
When There Is Nothing Left
Do good while you still have time...
There comes a point in following Christ when everything becomes nothing. This is where everything you are desperately trying to preserve ends. Your possessions. Your reputation. Your plans. Your body. Your control. Even the things you thought you could not live without.
The saints and mystics repeatedly reflected on the tragedy of the soul that has reached eternity and sees clearly what mattered and what never did. In these accounts, the souls in Purgatory long for what we so casually postpone.
One last opportunity to go to confession.
One last opportunity to attend Mass.
One last opportunity to pray the Rosary.
One last opportunity to forgive.
One last opportunity to say sorry.
They would give anything for the opportunities we so easily take for granted.
That is the strange freedom of the Gospel: when you finally realise that nothing in this world is yours to keep, you stop clinging...
You begin to let go....
So ask yourself today: What would I wish I had done differently before standing before God? What do I need to make right while I still have time? What am I holding onto that God is asking me to release?
Then do something about it.
Go to confession.
Go to Mass.
Pray the Rosary.
Forgive someone.
Give something away.
Call someone you have neglected.
Do one hidden act of charity.
One day, there will be no tomorrow...
One day, you will have no more time...
