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Today, we begin the season of Advent which marks the beginning of the new liturgical year for the Church. With the beginning of a new liturgical year, will also be a new cycle for readings at Mass. We begin Cycle B in which we will hear from the Gospel of Mark proclaimed semicontinuously throughout 2021. Mark’s Gospel is the oldest, composed around 70 A.D. The Gospel consists of two parts: the first eight chapters are dedicated to Jesus’ ministry in and around Galilee. The next eight chapters are about Jesus’ journey and arrival in Jerusalem—his destiny.

We will have Mass on Thanksgiving morning at 8:00 A.M.

Our Book of All Souls will be in the sanctuary from All Saints’ - Thanksgiving for you to write the names of your departed ones in the book. They will be remembered at Masses during the month of November (the month of All Souls).

Today is the last Sunday of the liturgical year, and we end on a “high note.” We celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Today’s Gospel account is about Christ at the end of the world. It is the story of the final judgment: The Son of Man will separate the sheep from the goats. What is the difference between the sheep and the goats? Jesus, in the Gospel tells us, that the sheep took care of God’s son in the form of those in need without calculation of reward. The goats, on the other hand, did nothing. As we hear in the Gospel and as we were taught in school, the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy, are essential for our salvation.

This week’s Scripture readings continue to focus on the parables about the end times. Today, in the Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the talents. Two of the servants used them to make more; the third servant buries his talent in the ground. The question for us to ponder, “are we using our talents as well as we could?” Let us consider how we use our God-given talents and how we could use them more beneficially.

We have two weeks left in this liturgical year. As we near the close of another liturgical year, the readings focus upon the end times and the last judgment. This year, those themes begin today. We are reminded that we cannot know either the day or the hour. Therefore, we should always be prepared. Are we ready to meet the Lord?