Week of Sunday, November 18
26th Sunday after Pentecost
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November begins with All Saints Day and ends in or near Advent, when we anticipate Christ’s coming again. So the readings today tell of the final resurrection and the end time. In the turmoil of hope, fear, and disbelief that these predictions provoke in us, Hebrews sounds a note of confident trust. Christ makes a way for us where there is no way, and we walk it confidently, our hearts and bodies washed in baptismal water, trusting the one who has promised. The more we see the last day approaching, the more important it is to meet together to provoke one another to love.

Readings and Psalm
Daniel 12:1-3
The deliverance of God’s people at the end
Psalm 16
My heart is glad and my spirit rejoices; my body shall rest in hope. (Ps. 16:9)
Hebrews 10:11-14 [15-18] 19-25
The way to God opened through Christ’s death
Mark 13:1-8
The end and the coming of the Son