Remember Lot's Wife

Jesus' admonition about the Last Day is unmistakable and undeniable. In particular, he calls our attention to Lot and the two 'angels' who rescued him and his family. Actually those 'angels' were, mysteriously, two of the three who had visited Abraham, that is, two of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. Two sent by the other, that is, the Son and the Spirit. And so today those two have been sent to rescue us from this fallen and dying world; for Christ came to give his life and to rise from the dead for us, and the Spirit came to preach Christ to us, to baptize us, and to feed us, that we might believe in Christ and be rescued. But as Lot's wife turned back and perished, so let us remember to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, and not hold to anything on earth in the idle thought that true happiness can be found there; for all those things then become idols. But in Christ we shall be saved and gain eternal glory. Sermon on St. Luke 17, for Midweek of Trinity XXV.