Today’s Thoughts: Our first reading today from the Book of Revelations gifts us some rather strange images, yet as always, we have to understand them in the context of what was going on in the world at that time. The Roman persecution was in full swing, and the Church was feeling hounded on all sides. St. John is announcing the collapse of Rome the cruel tyrant and an extraordinary peace for the Church. While the mystic John uses strange, if not weird images to explain the presence of God in the life of the early Church our Gospel today, Jesus is a bit more straight forward about how to know the presence of God in life at any moment.
In the Gospel today, Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is near and there are signs wherever we choose to look, even in the effortless process of the seasonal cycle of growing trees. No weird or strange sign to interpret the presence of God, the Kingdom of God is all around us. It is in nature, people, experiences, and the living of life. Our challenge is one of maintaining attention and an intentional response. As we journey through this Friday there will be more than enough moments to occupy our prayerful moments, to point to the presence of God until the beginning of a new journey through Advent on Sunday. Have a blessed and holy Friday everyone!
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