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    Mo Nguyen

        

     

                                                   

     

                                                       THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR C

                                                                                     13 NOVEMBER 2022

                                                                             BREAKING OPEN THE WORD

                                                            THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD (Luke 21:5-19)

    Throughout the centuries people of faith have maintained that the history of the world is in God’s hands and that there will come a time when our stewardship of the world will be judged. But then will that day come, and how are we to prepare for it?

    Malachi believed that the day would come in his own time. Centuries later the early Church came to believe that it was Jesus who would return as Lord and Judge. Some members of the community in Thessalonika expected that this return would occur at any moment. The problem that arose was that these Christians expected others to support them while they waited for the Lord’s return. To counteract this Paul draws their attention to his own practice of working wherever he preaches the Gospel. Such people are advised to follow his example and quietly return to their daily routine and Christian life not burdening others.

    The passing of time has borne witness to the wisdom of Paul’s advice to the Thessalonians. Jesus had not yet appeared, and this gave rise to another set of questions. Jesus had spoken of the signs that would precede his return. Luke’s community late in the first century found themselves asking whether the turmoil and persecution of their own time were to be understood as signs that the Lord’s return was imminent. The response they are given is that the difficulties of this present time are an opportunity to give faithful and courageous witness. Two thousand years later this challenge is an enduring one for us all.

    CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP

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