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Friends, we come to the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, which means that next Sunday is the final Sunday of the liturgical year. During this time, the Church always gives us apocalyptic readings, and our Gospel today is from “the little apocalypse” in the Gospel of Luke. Apokalypsis in Greek does not mean “end of the world”; it means “unveiling”—taking away the kalyptra, the veil. This is why, when apokalypsis is rendered in Latin, we get revelatio, revelation—taking the velum, the veil, away. So apocalyptic literature is all about the showing forth of a new world. But that has to be preceded by a sort of shaking of the old world.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1 — Malachi 3:19-20a
Psalm — Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9
Reading 2 — 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
Gospel — Luke 21:5-19
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Celebrating St. John Henry Newman Becoming a Doctor of the Church: youtu.be/o364dZPefcI
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Friends, we come to the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, which means that next Sunday is the final Sunday of the liturgical year. During this time, the Church always gives us apocalyptic readings, and our Gospel today is from “the little apocalypse” in the Gospel of Luke. Apokalypsis in Greek does not mean “end of the world”; it means “unveiling”—taking away the kalyptra, the veil. This is why, when apokalypsis is rendered in Latin, we get revelatio, revelation—taking the velum, the veil, away. So apocalyptic literature is all about the showing forth of a new world. But that has to be preceded by a sort of shaking of the old world.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1 — Malachi 3:19-20a
Psalm — Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9
Reading 2 — 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
Gospel — Luke 21:5-19
———VIDEO LINKS———
Ep. 62 | Robert Cording - Finding the World’s Fullness: youtu.be/jiD84Ty9a9w
Celebrating St. John Henry Newman Becoming a Doctor of the Church: youtu.be/o364dZPefcI
The Cry for Christ: A Missionary Journey to London: youtu.be/B4zPTY4odqE
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Word on Fire Institute Channel: youtube.com/@word-on-fire
Word on Fire en Español Channel: youtube.com/@WOF-ES
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