"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away"

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 21:29-33.
He taught them a lesson. "Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.
When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near;
in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.


Commentary of the day : Origen
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away"

«Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well: let your fountain be yours alone» (Prv 5,15.17). Try, then, you who are listening to me, to possess a cistern and fountain of your own in such a way that, when you take up the book of the scriptures, you too will discover some sort of interpretation from your own guide. Yes, following what you have learned in the Church, you too must try to drink from the fountain of your spirit. Deep within yourself lies «living water» (Jn 4,10). There lie the inexhaustible canals, the swollen rivers of Scripture's spiritual sense - insofar as they have not become blocked with earth and sediment. If that should be so, then what you have to do is to dig out and clean, that is to say chase away your spirit's lassitude and shake up the heaviness of your heart...

Therefore, purify your spirit that one day you may drink from your own fountain and draw living water from your own well. Because if you have taken God's word to yourself, if you have received living water from Jesus, and if you have received it with faith, if will become in you «water springing up to eternal life» (Jn 4,14).