As we move closer to the end of the Liturgical Year (Christ the King, next Sunday and the First Sunday of Advent after that), we become aware through the change of season, the "empty" trees, and hype about Black Friday, that indeed life moving on.. But to what? Today's apocalyptic images of the sun darkening and the stars falling from the heavens only add to the bleakness we already see and the gloomy future that looms ahead of us globaly, but this preparatory season rightly calls to mind that in the end, it is Christ who will reign, the new heavens and new earth will come to pass and accompanied by the angels, we will arrive at our heavenly home where there is no time of space. "But the wise shall shine brightly/ like the splendor of the fimrmament,/ and those who lead the many to justice/ shall be like the stars forever." (Dan 12:3). This is not a time for cringing or fearing or despair, but a time to remember the consoling words of Isaiah, "The Lord said: I think thoughts of peace and not affliction./ You will call upon me, and I will answer you,/ and I will lead back your captives from every place." (Jer 29: 11,12,14). Sometimes on a cloudy night the glow of the moon can be partly distinguishable, but then the clouds break and there in soft splendor is the moon itself; or the same during the day, when the sun breaks through the clouds...so it is with the end of time. The darkness will be dispelled forever and Jesus, the Light of the World Shall Reign... "May the Lord rescue us from every evil threat and bring us safe to his heavenly kingdom. Amen " (2 Tim 4:18).
Bro Rene
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