NB. I am very happy to be "back in the saddle again", thanks to Shawn Hanson and Joseph Lamontange who helped clean up a backlog of interference and opened the door to a daily production of Slices of Bread.
Matthew 25: 1-13
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour."
"Keep Watch", the message for today and for the weeks ahead when Advent will soon be upon us. Let us keep the oil of prayer and good works in the lamps of our lives to be ready for the Bridegroom, Jesus, when he comes in Glory as the King of the Universe...whenever that will be...or when he comes to us as a person in need. We don't want to slack off now as the year fast winds down to an end. The Bridegroom might come at any moment and we must be ready. Good food for our prayer for today and the weeks ahead.
Bro. Rene
Dear God, thank you for the warnings in the Gospel passages as we draw closer to the end of the Liturgical Year and beginning of Advent. Help us keep our lamps burning for the coming of the Bridegroom. Amen.
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