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Scripture
An Introduction to the Sunday Scripture Readings - November 8, 2026
“Therefore, Stay Awake, For You Know Neither The Day Nor The Hour”
Our readings this Sunday speak to us about the need to always be ready for the coming of the Lord, and always let our good works shine before men. We must be ready for the end of our own life as well as for the end of time when the bridegroom (Jesus) will come in the night. Our readings contrast the wise with the foolish.
Our first reading (Wisdom 6:12-16) can be said to present the Wisdom of God in the feminine sense. Thomas Merton called it Hagia Sophia (Greek for Holy Wisdom). Merton said, “She is God-given and God himself as Gift. Sophia in all things is the Divine Life reflected in them." Today's reading is a beautiful poetic depiction of the presence of God as "resplendent and unfading...and she is found by those who seek her."
In our Epistle reading (1 Thessalonians 4:13-15), we learn that hope is not a wish; it is an expectation, founded in our faith and the love that Jesus has for us and we for Him. Our hope is the knowledge that the dead have merely fallen asleep and will rise again with Jesus. St. Paul gives us hope in two things: that Christ will come again and that we, and those who have fallen asleep in Christ, will rise with Him into a new life eternal. “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.”
Our Gospel reading (Matthew 25:1-13) presents the parable of the ten virgins. This is said to be a grand metaphor representing the Kingdom of God at the final judgement. Five of the virgins were wise in having enough oil for their lamps and the other five were foolish in not having enough lamp oil for when the bridegroom comes. Here, the virgins are said to represent members of the Church at the wedding feast of Jesus and His bride, the Church, at the end of time.
It may be that the wise virgins were not selfish in refusing to share the oil from their lamps. It could be said that the oil represents all the good works of mercy and justice and faithfulness required of believers. These good works are not transferable. They can only be acquired by each person through individual acts of love and mercy, through the grace of God. When the Lord comes at the end of our own life, will we have enough oil in our lamp, enough good works to light our way to eternity? This truly separates the wise from the foolish.
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