The end of all things...

The manner in which we live will determine the nature of 

our final encounter with God

By Bishop David McGough

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Jesus was preparing his disciples for the inevitable tribulations that would touch their own ministries. Within their own lifetime they would witness Rome’s savage destruction of Jerusalem. They would be rejected and despised, persecuted and martyred. In the face of such adversity, faith is tempted to question its own conviction. Therefore, Jesus reassured his disciples that the calamities threatening their world would not have the last word. The last word would be with the Son of God coming in power, gathering his elect from the four corners of the earth.
In lesser ways our faith will be challenged and turned upside down by events that we cannot control. We also live in a hostile and unbelieving world. The tragedies and disappointments of life can seem to overwhelm hope, threatening the very foundation of faith and everything that once seemed secure.
Today we proclaim that it is Christ, coming in glory, and not life’s calamities, that determines the outcome of our lives.

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