First Sunday of Advent
Mark 13:33-37The liturgical year of 2023 ends with references to the end times and being prepared. And today, the First Sunday of Advent begins with a reference to being prepared.
Mark 13:33-37
"Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”