End Times/Second Coming
3rd Sunday of Advent Year A Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 (Isaiah 35:4) James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 December 14, 2025 Our season of Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare ourselves to celebrate the First Coming of Jesus at Christmas and we ask ourselves…
Read More2nd Sunday of Advent, Year AIsaiah 11:1-10Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 (7)Romans 15:4-9Matthew 3:1-12December 7, 2025 The nation of Israel had long since broken into two nations. At the time Isaiah is written, the two nations were defeated by their…
Read More1st Sunday of Advent, Year A Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44 November 30, 2025 The birth of Jesus Christ began something new, our salvation. It was his first coming. Recognizing the new beginning brought in Jesus’ birth, today we begin a new year in the…
Read More33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Malachi 3:19-20a Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 (see 9) 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19 November 16, 2025 Jesus speaks of “how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings.” There was a beauty to the temple. God’s temple should be beautiful as his dwelling place but our salvation is…
Read More1st Sunday of Advent, Year CJeremiah 33:14-16Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 (1b)1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2Luke 21:25-28, 34-36December 1, 2024 In 24 days we will celebrate something wonderful, the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. There is hope for Jesus comes to…
Read MoreDaniel is giving a vision of the end times. Jesus speaks of what “those days after the tribulation” will be like (readings for 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B). Daniel writes of “a time unsurpassed in distress.” Jesus speaks…
Read MoreIn today’s gospel, Jesus speaks the coming of the Son of Man. Noah had been commissioned by the Lord to build an ark. The people did not know that a great flood was coming. “They were eating and drinking, marrying…
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