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Vindication

Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.  – Luke 21:27-28

On this last Sunday before the feast of Christ the King, the Scripture readings look forward to what we usually call “the end of the world”, “the Second Coming”, or “the Final Judgment”.  Each of these phrases expresses a certain aspect of what is to come. It captures some element of what the Lord has promised will happen when the time is fulfilled.   Continue reading “Vindication”

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Check The Oil!

32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time: Matthew 25:1-13

I began my study of theology at St. Paul’s Seminary in Ottawa, Ontario in 1982. As was the custom in this diocese, I was given a parish assignment for the first time after my second year of theology – the summer of 1984. The diocese made arrangements with a car rental company to make cars available that summer  for any seminarian who did not have his own. Accordingly, when June came around, I made my way to Rent-A-Wreck in Westbrook, ME, and was issued a yellowish Ford Escort that had seen many, many trips around the barn. Still, it ran well enough, so I was good to go.  Continue reading “Check The Oil!”