Wednesday, November 29 : Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven at the end of the world, on the last day. For the world will end and this created world will be renewed. For since corruption, theft, adultery and all kinds of sins cover the earth, and “bloodshed follows bloodshed over the land” (Hos 4:2), therefore this world will pass away and another, more lovely, will be established so that this wonderful dwelling place may not remain full of injustice. (…) Hear what Isaiah says: “The heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll and the stars fall like the leaves of a fig tree” (cf. Is 34:4). And the Gospel also says: “The sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky” (Mt 24:29). So let us not be dismayed as though we were the only ones who must die. The stars will also die and yet perhaps they will be brought to life again. The Lord will roll away the sky, not to destroy it but to restore it to life more lovely than before. Listen to the prophet David speaking: “Of old you established the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They shall perish but you remain. They will all grow old like a garment; like clothing you change them and they will be changed” (Ps 102[101], 26-28). (…) Listen, too, to our Lord speaking: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Mt 24:35), for the authority of created things does not equal that of their Master’s words.

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