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Ordinary Time
Third Sunday before Advent, Remembrance Sunday
Dear brothers and sisters,
This Sunday we celebrate The Third Sunday Before Advent, these are odd Sundays, these ones before Advent. We are preparing to be prepared, getting ready to get ready, and all the readings are agreed that this is quite a sombre business. What is the best way to use this period of inaction, before the bustle really begins?
Matthew’s Gospel suggests this is a good time to lay in provisions, and make sure that your oil supplies will last through any emergency. But perhaps verse 11 also suggests that this is a good time to familiarise yourself with what it is that you are looking forward to, so that you will recognise it when it comes, and, more importantly, it will recognise you.
Preparing to be prepared involves looking back over God’s dealings with us, so that we will know and be known. The warning of Jesus at the conclusion of the story to ‘watch’ implies active and clear awareness. It suggests that we pay serious attention to avoid being left frustrated, disappointed, deflected or depressed by the harsh realities of living and serving in today’s world.
Love and prayers,
Sheila Bradley
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