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First Sunday of Advent LUKE 21:25-28, 34-36 |
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| Background: Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ eschatological discourse alludes to his realization that there is a delay in the arriving of the parousia (end time). He still anticipates an end time. However, while awaiting the return of the Son of Man, his followers are urged to be on guard and to pray. The end time still has not arrived and the conditions that indicate an approaching end time have been present from Luke’s time up until our present day. His exhortation for correct behavior holds true for us as we face the individual and community trials of our lives in this age. |
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Story: Once upon a time there was a family of adult siblings who faced the question of how to care for their aging mother. During their growing up years, and even after they married, the mother, who was a great manipulator, tired to pit the siblings against each other. As a result, in their adults years, they seldom communicated with each other and spent very little time with their mother. Finally, the one daughter who spent the most time attending to her mother’s needs called a meeting of her siblings. Needless to say, it was a tense gathering. One brother echoed the feelings of the others when he said, "Didn’t she ever think that someday she might need us to work together when she constantly stirred up trouble between us?" The motto of this story might be that the "signs of the times" apply to our individual lives as well as to major world events.. |
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