Reading and meditation on the Word of God on Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time, November 13, 2026.
Our meditation today has the theme: Counting on the End of Time. The things about the end time is part of our faith. We are going to end the liturgical year which is only a week or two ahead and this are the very moments as we have opportunities to ponder more deeply on the theme of the end of time. Today, our Gospel reading speaks on the meaning of the end of time as the day the Son of Man reveals Himself. Jesus Christ actually spoke about Himself.
The end of time is a reality of faith that will only happen later. It is not enough for us to understand it by our reason only, and so we indeed need faith to enlighten and teach us. The end of time shows us the real God whom we believe in and rely our destiniy. The Lord to whom we praise and render our services will appear to us as He is. Our today's first reading taken from the Second Letter of Saint John invites us to always be faithful to all the teachings of God, especially on the truth of loving one another as children of the same loving Father. This is the sure way for us to arrive at the end of time.
There was once a birthday celebration in a family and the one being celebrated on that day was an 85 year old grandfather. The celebration was attended by all of his children, in-laws and grandchildren. One of the granddaughters named Felicia asked something to her grandfather which surprised everyone in the family as she said, "Grandpa, have you seen God or haven't?" The grandfather who hugged the little girl Felicia and with warm feeling told the granddaughter: "It won't be long for Granpa to meet and see God directly." Grandfather realized that the end of time for him was near because of his old age.
Today we are taught that the end time contains two main things, namely the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and this world will experience an afterlife. The following are some of its characteristics or signs that are indicated in the scriptures: 1) it comes at an unexpected time, 2) when the people of this world are living a normal life, 3) a sudden coming, 4) after a worst persecution to the Church, 5) after a great earthquake, plague, famine in various places and in the sky there will be signs of shocking nature, 6) after the mass apostasy occurred, 7) after the power of AntiChrist will be extinguished, 8) when love for the needy ones become dry, 9) when the gospel is being preached to all corners of the world, 10) when all the descendants Israel will be saved, 11) when the Church becomes holy and blameless, without any stain.
What will be certain for us is actually this: that we will prepare ourselves, and when our own death comes it is the end of time for ourselves as the followers of Christ.
Let's pray. In the name of the Father ... O most loving and merciful Father, on the second coming of Your Son Jesus Christ, may we be found always ready and free from every burden of sin. Hail Mary, full of grace ... In the name of the Father ...
