St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church issued the following announcement on Nov. 8
Today's scriptures begin a series of readings that focus on the end of time. Jesus says to his friends that they will "know neither the day nor the hour" (Matthew 25:13). They (and we) cannot wait around unprepared, assuming there will be more time later; we must always be prepared. How do we prepare? In Jesus' parable, five of the young women prepared by bringing plenty of oil, for their job was to greet the bridegroom late at night and guide him through the dark to the wedding feast. This is their sole responsibility. This is what they had been asked to do. What are we asked to do? We will learn more over the next two Sundays, but for now we are exhorted to value wisdom. Search for wisdom, we hear in the first reading, and we will find it. Then we can use it like the women who planned ahead. We are now in the dark as to when the end will come, both the world's and our own. But because we believe that Jesus conquered death and rose to new life, we have the hope that when we die, we will be brought with him to the father. As Paul writes to the Thessalonians, this hope gives us consolation.
What does the wisdom you've found tell you to do to prepare for eternal life?
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