Christ’s first coming 2024 years ago prepares us for the second coming. (Mosaic in the baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence)[/caption]
Father Illo, pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, gave a 13-minute homily on Sunday, November 17.
I’ve been waiting 35 years for this excellence of music as I heard it in the seminary. Thanks for providing this for us today, you students of Star of the Sea and Nativity High School, and Cathedral choir school.
Hope is the virtue that we must nurture now at the end of the year. Our hope for heaven for the eternal day where the sun and moon are not needed for light, but the Lamb of God is the light of that city. In one week we will celebrate the feast of Christ the King. The Lord of the Rings is based on the hope that our king will return.
Christ’s first coming 2024 years ago prepares us for the second coming. “He will come to bring hope to the people.”
This Sunday represents the last of Mark’s Gospel. He is the shortest of the Evangelists.
We look forward to the future, a future full of hope, full of justice and truth.
St. Augustine said that previously the Lord came through His preachers.
Some years back California wildfires kept the days dark. Do we dread the dark skies of Christ’s second coming? We must use everything in this world to anticipate the second.
Beautiful icon of Christ, the Pantocrator (Greek for Ruler of All), especially appropriate now.
Come, Lord Jesus.
” Do we dread the dark skies of Christ’s second coming? We must use everything in this world to anticipate the second.” I like this question and Fr. Illo’s answer.
The question is good because Christ’s coming will not be good news to those who love evil. Their skies will be dark indeed. Fr. Illo might be calling for some soul searching. I interpret the answer to mean that we should live like the sheep in Matthew 25 in anticipation of His coming–practicing mercy for those in need of it. What a terrible thing to stand before Christ as a goat on that great Day of Judgement.
This site always states the number of minutes the sermon lasted. The content is important but not the time.
Fr. Illo gives good sermons, but so do hundreds of other priests in California. Most parishes are on line every Sunday. You could list a few others for your followers to follow.