August 27, 2020

Matthew 24:42-51
Memorial of Saint Monica, Mother of Saint Augustine

Jesus said to his disciples:
“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.

“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
   whom the master has put in charge of his household
   to distribute to them their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’
   and begins to beat his fellow servants,
   and eat and drink with drunkards,
   the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day
   and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
   and assign him a place with the hypocrites,
   where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

Preacher: Colette Gilhooley