Final days

The end of the liturgical year and the texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary point us toward consideration of the last day or days. The vision from the Book of Revelation imagines the Final Judgement. The psalmist praises God who comes to judge the people in righteousness and truth. Friar Jude Winkler brings our personal last day into consideration as he comments on the permission God grants that our choices during life will be our experience at death. The fruit of righteous relationship with God will be knowledge of true depth of the communion with the Divine. The decisions to be self centered will continue to limit us to the worlds of our own creation. The Gospel from Luke contains the prediction from Jesus of the destruction of the Temple. This destruction occurred before the Gospel was written. Luke is presenting the destruction by the Romans as a consequence of the failure of Jerusalem to accept Jesus. The natural signs presented in the Gospel and Revelation of the end times are visible to people as daily events in the world. The end is celebrated at the time of death for us all.