The Twenty Sixth Sunday After Trinity

We have made it to the end of the church year. Advent will be here in just two weeks. This Sunday we consider Jesus' return in glory. Matthew 13 says, The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! These words move us to rightful repentance over our failures, and a rightful hope in Christ and His promises of salvation for all who believe in Him.