St. Paul the Apostle

Many of us know the sinking feeling we get when we approach an airline gate, see the closed door, and realize we’ve missed our flight. Today’s Gospel reading takes that one step further and asks us to contemplate what it would be like to miss out on heaven, seeing that door shut to us forever. “There will be wailing and grinding of teeth,” Jesus says—and we’re faced with the consequences of the choices we make in our life.