You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. (Lk 12:39-48)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102225.cfm
As we come to these final weeks of the liturgical year, we begin to hear more words about being prepared for the coming of the Son of Man. My mother and I were privileged to meet Pope John Paul II twice when we visited Rome: in the Audienza following the general audience on January 18, the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and one week later, January 25, the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. https://youtu.be/srCwBJ0-ZY0?si=gZn6Uf3mSai-p1PT
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint John Paul II, pope, October 22
