with Fr. Alban Waggener
“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.” 1 Corinthians 4
There is but one judgment which you and I are to make: that is to judge ourselves. And even that task is only possible by the narrow way.
Continue reading “Reflections on the Third Sunday in Advent”[I am indebted to Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon for many of the remarks on the Revelation to John from his new book Revelation – a Liturgical Prophecy]
In Advent we look to the first and second comings of our Lord simultaneously. We look at past and future to shape our present – to fashion our way of life.
Our daily office readings reflect this perspective, as we read Genesis to look at our distant past, I Kings to reflect on the later monarchical history of Israel, Mark’s Gospel to focus on our Lord’s first coming to us, and the Revelation to John which looks both at his present and ahead to the end of the ages. In our Gospel for today, Jesus points to the future in the sort of language we associate with the Revelation – apocalyptic – unveiling.
Continue reading “Reflections on the Second Sunday in Advent”