A reflection on Matthew 24:42-44 and Isaiah 57:15
Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang
Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
Matthew 24:42-44
For thus says the high and lofty One, the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy: I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, to revive the heart of the crushed.
Isaiah 57:15
Awake! Christ will come like a thief in the night.
Be prepared with hearts merciful and contrite.
Chinese Traditional Translation
《神偷》
要儆醒！基督會像夜間的小偷一樣來臨。
你們要預備好仁慈和懺悔的心。