Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 15, 2009 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s Gospel reading reminds us that there is an end time coming. We hear that the sun will darken, the moon will have no light to reflect and the stars will fall from heaven. The powers in space will be driven from their courses. Today, doomsday prophets warn of a World War 3 with China in 2013. Middle East tensions are rising as more nuclear nations emerge. North Korea continues nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches. In this century alone we have experienced 9/11 and an economic collapse that has devastated our financial security. Sometimes these things seem like signs of the final catastrophe. But as Jesus says, no one knows when the end will come. And when it does, we need only rejoice! We have the assurance that “the Son of Man will appear, coming in the clourd with great power and glory.”
Deacon Dick Folger