Newsletter November 27th 2016

REFLECTION

The time is here for us to prepare for the coming of Jesus – for his first coming in

Bethlehem and for his final coming at the end of time. Both comings encourage us to

reject sin and the ways of darkness, and to embrace goodness and the ways of light.

To become ready for the coming of Jesus is to turn our destructive habits into constructive habits.

FIRST READING (Isaiah 2:1-5)

We shall turn our tools of war into tools of peace-making and tilling.

SECOND READING ( Romans 13:11-14)

Let us cast off deeds of darkness and revel in deeds of light.

GOSPEL (Matthew 24:37-44)

We must always be ready; we don’t know when we will be judged.