On this Last Sunday After Pentecost we further approach the end of the liturgical year and with it we consider our need to be found prepared. Next Sunday we will celebrate the 1st Sunday in Advent which further prepares us for the coming of Christ. He is the one who will come as Word Made Flesh on Christmas morning, He is the one who will come again at the end of time, and He is the one who comes among us in the Eucharist. Let us be prepared for this encounter with the coming of Christ.
Our Gospel instructs us concerning the certainty of that coming. At that point in time when He comes again there will be a trumpet blast and His elect will be gathered together. A little later in the Gospel of Saint Matthew we will hear, “watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” These words spring true because we ought to love God with our whole heart and mind and be found prepared for that unknown hour of His coming.
At the time of the Lord’s second coming there will be a time of judgment which is also a time for justice. With this in mind we must realize not only the mercy of God, but also the justice of God. From the cross we are able to see the depths of the Lord’s mercy for us. He gave His life upon the wood of the cross in order that we may be redeemed. The cross is a true expression of love that invites us in for through it we are able to live love itself.
As we approach the end of this liturgical year and draw ever closer to the Lord’s second coming let us open our heart onto the Lord. Let us realize that our life will end in the blinking of an eye. We must be found prepared for the Lord’s coming for His mercy will be just. This is something that we cannot continue to push off until an unknown hour for that hour will catch up with us. May the season of Advent be helpful in forming your heart to better be found receptive of this coming among us.
Today as we reopen our adoration chapel we are given the reminder to set our sight upon Him. There will be a Eucharistic Procession at 3:30pm where we will process to our adoration chapel which has been closed since the time of COVID. If you haven’t already done so I invite you to sign up for a time of adoration. You can do so by calling Tricia Klug, the parish office, or following Mass at the open house of the chapel.
There is no greater way to prepare ourself for the Lord’s coming than to draw close to Him in the Eucharist. Let us not pass by this opportunity to dwell with Him for everything that we do should point towards Him and not detract from Him.
As we finish this liturgical year let us be found prepared for the Lord’s coming among us.
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