While many people only see the negative in their lives, Jesus hasn't given up on them, Fr. Alberic Lazerna said.

"They have given up," Lazerna, of Tallahassee's St. Louis Catholic Church, said in the Nov.22 bulletin. "But, Jesus hasn’t given up on us. He refuses to ever give up on us. He is Christ the King, who loves his subjects...Us! He loves us to death. The goal and dream of Jesus is to have us live with him forever. Our goal and dream should be the same too. Every other goal and dream is transitory and of very little importance, no matter how important they may seem at the moment."

Other dreams and goals will pass over time, leaving only the eternal goal: to be with Jesus forever in his Kingdom. 

"Many of us struggle with the basic fear, 'Will I be remembered after I’m gone?'" Fr. Lazerna continued. "We try to leave our 'mark' while we’re still here. If we are followers of Christ, we don't have to worry about being remembered, do we? Jesus, our Lord and King, will remember us and love us for eternity. That is the great hope of today's Gospel for us."