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Bishops Homily - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2017
Bishops Homily - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2017
Bishops Homily - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2017
nd
Ordinary Time
Wis. 6: 12-16
Cycle A I Thes. 4: 13-17 12 November 2017
Mt. 25: 1-13
INTRODUCTION:
Our readings for this Sunday are very
apocalyptic; i.e. They have to do with
the end of time or the second coming of
Jesus Christ or the consummation of all
things at this time of the Liturgical Year
when the Calendar Year comes to an
end. So, the Church asks us to reflect
on these things.
1
When is he coming?
We don't know 10 years or 5000
years but the hope remains the
same, even today as the center of
our Faith.
2 Fast forward to the
Gospel of Matthew,
written some 30 years
after I Thessalonians.
Unlike weddings
today, the focus is on
the Groom, not on the
Bride.
2 At night, the Groom in his
sleeping gown leaves his
parents' home and makes a
journey to the Bride's place
whom he takes to make a
journey back to the Groom's
house where the wedding party
takes place.
2
How do we wait?
Foolishly or wisely?
That's the whole point
of this Parable!
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