The Last Hour

Readings for todays Homily


I don’t know if it’s by coincidence or if it’s a trick that whoever picks the readings for the day has done, but we have in the first reading from John, “Children, it is the last hour.”  In our culture, we treat this day as the “last hour.”  In a sense, we just turn the page of life to a New Year - 2015.

Perhaps as we gather for prayer this morning, we might give thanks to God for the blessings we have received during this past year, and also be grateful to turn the page - to say goodbye to all of the bad things that happened this year.

As John tells it, this is the last hour.

Msgr. Daniel Hoye