Sermon Thoughts – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – B (Lk 13, 24-32, Dan 12, 1-3)

The number 13 is not a lucky number at least in some countries. Some avoid this number even in their Hotel rooms. So there will be room number 12 and the next will be 14. There is also a Phobia called “Triskaidekaphobia“ – the fear of number 13. The 13th chapter in Mark is not a good one in comparison with other chapters. It is all about the end of the world, the final Judgement and so on. But it is not a bad chapter completely. We will see the reasons later on. Now when we analyse the readings, the first and third readings have something in common. It is all about the final days. Of course as humans we have certain fear and curiosity regarding the end of the world and end of life. The many science fiction films on apocalypse and end of the world show our varied imagination of this. ...Read more...