S01 Ep. 36 – Preparing for the End Times

Focusing on this weekend’s Gospel (Mt 13:24-43), Fr. Eric expounds upon the Parable of the Weeds and the Wheat (Mt 13:24-30), the Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mt 13:31-32) and the Parable of the Leavened Bread (Mt 13:33) to articulate what the Lord teaches us about preparing for the end times.  Topics include the need to acknowledge that our time here on this earth is necessarily a time of pilgrimage and spiritual warfare, the Lord’s confidence in the good in this world to triumph ultimately over that which is evil, and the need to prioritize a healthy respect for the natural process of development and growth over a desire to be perfect right away.

Other topics include the invitation to be small and hidden; the importance of the interior life when it comes to cooperating with God’s transformative grace; and the significance of seeing the end times as  a time of harvest and completion, as opposed to an arbitrary end of all things.

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