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Gospel Reading for November 13, 2026 – Luke 17: 26-37
EMBRACE
Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.
So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in the field must not return to what was left behind.
Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is,
there also the vultures will gather.”
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Being a gift from God, life is not just about eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building, marrying, and giving in marriage. We need to have a deeper purpose behind even our ordinary activities to give life meaning.
For us Christians, it is not so difficult to find that purpose because, through his teachings in the Gospels, Jesus has laid everything out for us. All we need to do is EMBRACE his teachings and live the kind of life he lived. If we do this, we will have nothing to fear when Jesus comes again in glory because we will be among those who will be taken.
Lord Jesus, may we be among those who will be overjoyed on that very special and glorious day!
