Nov
14
Two Paths, Your Choice: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Dan. 12:1–3; Hebrews10:11–14, 18; Mark 13:24–32
We do not know the day. We do not know the hour. But at some point, the Son of Man will come and usher in the end, what we refer to as the Apocalypse.
The last two years have certainly seemed apocalyptic. First, we have the pandemic, which started to show up in December, about the same time that Australia experienced horrific fires. The first spikes of the pandemic really began to hit in January 2020. Then monstrous Asian hornets showed up in the Pacific northwest. Here locally, we began to experience strong earthquakes and aftershocks. And that was just what was happening in the natural world. Then the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers ignited months of rioting and social unrest.
We do not know the day. We do not know the hour. But at some point, the Son of Man will come and usher in the end, what we refer to as the Apocalypse.
The last two years have certainly seemed apocalyptic. First, we have the pandemic, which started to show up in December, about the same time that Australia experienced horrific fires. The first spikes of the pandemic really began to hit in January 2020. Then monstrous Asian hornets showed up in the Pacific northwest. Here locally, we began to experience strong earthquakes and aftershocks. And that was just what was happening in the natural world. Then the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers ignited months of rioting and social unrest.
