Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

This Sunday, Light Your Lamp! the Groom Is Coming. But Where’s the Bride?

If you don’t make an effort to stop it, darkness will surround you. That is the first, literal, lesson Jesus delivers on the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. But darkness is not the only thing at stake — your meeting with the Bridegroom is also at stake. That’s where the parable takes on an unexpected depth. The parable about 10 women with lanterns waiting for a wedding is based on customs that are well-known in the Middle East…