Today we have our final reading in our daily Mass from Paul’s 1st letter to the Thessalonians. The Lord’s final coming is a theme we hear today. As far as the Lord’s final coming is concerned, we are not to speculate as to the day and time, because it will come to us like a thief in the night. Throughout history, and even in our own day, we have had people speculate as to when the end times would come. I am sure a lot of us adults will remember Y2K at the turn of the millennium. Remember how the computers were all going to crash, we would not be able to get any money in the bank, and people were hoarding huge amounts of food and water in their garages? If we are truly children of the light, if we are truly living out our discipleship in Christ, then we do not need be concerned as to when the end times or the final coming of the Lord will come, because we as children of light will be prepared whenever that will come. We can all procrastinate and put things off. Some do that worse than others. But we know there are dire consequences when we are not prepared. Paul and the early followers of Jesus all assumed that this would come in their lifetime. However, because we are almost 2,000 years after this letter was written, we should not take Paul’s advice lightly. We should always be prepared on our journey of faith.
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