2025-11-13 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Malachi 4:1-2a The prophet Malachi is said to have prophesied around 450–430 B.C., making him the last of the Old Testament prophets - until we come to the era of John the Baptist and Jesus himself. Malachi warns the religious and political elites who shortchange tithe's meant for God by preying on the least powerful, for the perverse reason of accruing wealth and power. They will perish in the fire of eternal damnation. There we also find that those whom God loves are the labourers, the widows, the orphans, the foreigners and outcasts - who will find fulfilment in the Lord. Psalm 98 Today’s psalm is a prelude for 1) Next Sunday's “Christ the King” Sunday that celebrates his eternal, messianic reign 2) Start of Advent in two weeks with expectant prepartion for the coming Messiah. The key message is that our faith should be joyful and hopeful, trusting that on the last of Day of Judgement, the faithful will be duly rewarded 2 Thessalonians ...