Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
Be sure of this: if the master of the house
had known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake
and not let his house be broken into.
So too, you also must be prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.

“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household
to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’
and begins to beat his fellow servants,
and eat and drink with drunkards,
the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day
and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.

Why does the lord not want us to know the time of his return? The answer is… Vigilance. Lets imagine for a moment that we did know. That Jesus said I am going to arrive at 8am on a specific day, what would happen in this world. I think that answer is lot of Debauchery. Everyone would stop paying their bills, they would indulge in every kind of vice, right up until the moment of that return, and then if they had any fear, they would line up for confession. No one would handle their responsibilities, they would likely hurt each other, and the ultimate state of the soul of the individual would be false penitence.

But if you don’t know when he is coming, you have to be vigilant, always looking, always preparing yourself for that arrival, and always taking care of the important things that need to be done. There will be fewer occurrences of people hurting each other, and when we do hurt each other, the state of the soul is more likely to be true contrition. This is by far a better way to live life. It is painful sometimes to not know, but it has to be that way for the alternative would be utter chaos. So we plug away. Get up every morning and do your work, take care of your families, stay close to the sacraments, and we wait, humbly, patiently, and vigilantly, for the lords return.

Oh, lord, help me today to take care of my responsibilities, and to vigilantly wait for your return. Help me to find true contrition, and reconciliation with you, and help me to be the best possible version of myself. Amen.