Today's Gospel in Art - The Son of Man is coming

Im Lande des Christkinds, Richard Ernst Kepler 1903

Gospel of 1st December 2019 - Matthew 24:37-44

Jesus said to his disciples: 'As it was in Noah's day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of Man comes. Then of two men in the fields one is taken, one left; of two women at the millstone grinding, one is taken, one left.

'So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.'

Reflection on the Antique Advent Calendar

And so we come to the first day of Advent. In its origins, this four-week period known as 'advent' (from the Latin word 'adventus' meaning 'coming') began as a time for early converts to Christianity to prepare for their baptism into the Church. Advent now though is the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Our Good Lord, Jesus Christ. It also marks the beginning of the new Liturgical year.

For today's artwork, I chose an Advent calendar dating from ...To read on see: www.christianart.today/daily-gospel-reading/251