𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏:𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟕𝟐:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟕-𝟖, 𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟕 “𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟎:𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟒 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆.” (𝒗. 23) There are three things in

𝐃𝐄𝐂. 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟒:𝟐-𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟐𝟐:𝟏-𝟗 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟖:𝟓-𝟏𝟏 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉.” (𝒗. 10) There are at least three godly virtues that we probably will not

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 (𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭) 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝟐:𝟏-𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬 𝟏𝟐𝟐:𝟏-𝟗 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟑:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓 𝟐𝟒:𝟑𝟕-𝟒𝟒 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚!” (𝒗. 44) As we go through life you will have realized that you may be expending so

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟕:𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟑:𝟖𝟐-𝟖𝟕 “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟑𝟒-𝟑𝟔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑩𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉” (𝒗. 36) As we come to the end of the liturgical season, it would be of immense spiritual benefit to us if we will take

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟕:𝟐-𝟏𝟒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟑:𝟕𝟓-𝟖𝟏 "𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦!" 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟏:𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟑 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.” (𝒗. 33) After a series

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟔:𝟏𝟐-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑: 𝟔𝟖-𝟕𝟒 “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟏:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟖 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “… 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓.” (𝑳𝒌 21:28) When we talk of the holocaust the first thing that’ll come to mind is the methodical yet se

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟓:𝟏-𝟔, 𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟑:𝟔𝟐-𝟔𝟕 “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟏:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟗 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉.” (𝒗. 18) Again, this passage has an eschatological twist in it a

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟐:𝟑𝟏-𝟒𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟑:𝟓𝟕-𝟔𝟏 “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟏:𝟓-𝟏𝟏 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒆.” (𝒗. 8)

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐖 𝐃𝐔𝐍𝐆-𝐋𝐀𝐂, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟏:𝟏-𝟔, 𝟖-𝟐𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝟑:𝟓𝟐-𝟓𝟖 “𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟐𝟏:𝟏-𝟒 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “..𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏.” (𝒗. 4) The lesson that Jesus wants us to learn today is that real

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝟓:𝟏-𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟐𝟐:𝟏-𝟓 “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝐂𝐨𝐥 𝟏:𝟏𝟐-𝟐𝟎 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟐𝟑:𝟑𝟓-𝟒𝟑 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆.” (𝒗. 43) 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈�

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝟒:𝟑𝟔-𝟑𝟕, 𝟓𝟐-𝟓𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐫 𝟐𝟗:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟐 “𝐖𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐎 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟗:𝟒𝟓-𝟒𝟖 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑.” (𝒗. 46) In what could be the o

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝟐:𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟓𝟎:𝟏-𝟔, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟓 “𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟗: 𝟒𝟏-𝟒𝟒 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 – 𝒃𝒖�

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝟕:𝟏, 𝟐𝟎-𝟑𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟕: 𝟏, 𝟓-𝟔, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟓 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐦𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟗:𝟏𝟏-𝟐𝟖 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: ‘𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔, 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏,” (𝒗. 26) It pains me to

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟐 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝟔:𝟏𝟖-𝟑𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑:𝟐-𝟕 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟗: 𝟏-𝟏𝟎 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆.” (𝒗. 9) We are all aware that the world moves at a constant pace and our lives move with it. From the modern world that w

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐘, 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝟏:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟓, 𝟒𝟏-𝟒𝟑, 𝟓𝟒-𝟓𝟕, 𝟔𝟐-𝟔𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟗:𝟓𝟑, 𝟔𝟏, 𝟏𝟑𝟒, 𝟏𝟓𝟎, 𝟏𝟓𝟓, 𝟏𝟓𝟖 “𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐎, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟖:𝟑𝟓-𝟒𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: ““𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐖𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔; 𝟏𝟗:𝟔-𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟓: 𝟐-𝟑, 𝟑𝟔-𝟑𝟕, 𝟒𝟐-𝟒𝟑 “𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞!” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟖:𝟏-𝟖 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚.” (𝒗. 8)

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐖𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟑:𝟏-𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟗:𝟐-𝟓 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝." 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟕:𝟐𝟔-𝟑𝟕 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “… 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕.” ( 𝒗. 34) If you have been following up on the Gospel readings these past few days,

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐖𝐢𝐬 𝟕:𝟐𝟐-𝟖:𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐒𝐀 𝟏𝟏𝟗: 𝟖𝟗-𝟗𝟏, 𝟏𝟑𝟎, 𝟏𝟑𝟓, 𝟏𝟕𝟓 “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟕:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟓 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖.” (𝒗. 21) We have heard many times during the homilies of priests during the mass an

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐓, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐖𝐢𝐬 𝟔:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟖𝟐:𝟑-𝟒, 𝟔-𝟕 “𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩, 𝐎 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐤 𝟏𝟕:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟗 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.” (𝒗. 19) What we have today is a moving story that should remind us of our at

𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐖𝐢𝐬 𝟐:𝟐𝟑-𝟑:𝟗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟒:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟗 “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟕:𝟕-𝟏𝟎 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞: “𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬; 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲.” (𝐯.𝟏𝟎) In the United States, the Americans h