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(Is.63:16b-17,19b,64:2-7;\xa0\xa0 Ps.80:2-4,15-16,18-19;\xa0\xa0 1Cor.1:3-9;\xa0\xa0 Mk.13:33-37)\xa0 \u201cWould that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways!\u201d\xa0 \u201cO Lord of hosts, look down from heaven, and see.\u201d\xa0 \u201cRouse your power, and come to save us.\u201d\xa0 Do not \u201clet us wander, O Lord, from your ways, and harden [not] our hearts so that we fear you not.\u201d\xa0 We are your fruitful vine, but \u201cwe have all withered like leaves\u2026 for you have hidden your face from us and delivered us up to our guilt.\xa0 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay and you are the potter.\u201d\xa0 \u201cMay your help be with the Man of your right hand.\u201d\xa0 May we be formed in His image and so be pleasing to you.\xa0 May we be ready for His return, and our final meeting with you, our Lord and God. Brothers and sisters, we must be as the Corinthians, among whom \u201cthe testimony of Christ was confirmed,\u201d who \u201care not lacking in any spiritual gift as [they] wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d\xa0 He travels now abroad in the kingdom of His Father, but He will return.\xa0 And He has indeed left us \u201ceach with his work\u201d; all are gifted by God and called to bear fruit in the time that is ours now\u2026\xa0 \u201cMay He not come suddenly and find [us] sleeping.\u201d\xa0 When He \u201crend[s] the heavens and come[s] down, with the mountains quaking before [Him],\u201d may we not be found quaking as well, having slipped into the slumber of sin, having been covered with this world\u2019s darkness.\xa0 Rather, let Him meet us doing right at whatever hour He may come.\xa0 Let us constantly serve our God and \u201cHe will keep [us] firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d \u201cWhat I say to you, I say to all: \u2018Watch!\u2019\u201d\xa0 In many ways does He indeed say it: \u201cBe watchful!\xa0 Be alert!\u201d\xa0 Keep your eyes open!\xa0 Stay awake!\xa0 Be ready!\xa0 But ever He tells us to remember that we are \u201ccalled to fellowship with [the] Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.\u201d\xa0 And as \u201cGod is faithful\u201d so must we too be faithful to our call, giving witness always to the glory of our Lord. Now is the time to turn from our sin and be formed in His image.\xa0 Let the prophet not say over us: \u201cThere is none who calls upon [His] name, who rouses himself to cling to [Him].\u201d\xa0 Let us prepare ourselves for His coming by walking rightly in His ways.\xa0 Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Warm Forehead" from Bearing the Birth Pangs, tenth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, let us enter into fellowship with your Son, becoming one with Him and watching for His return. YHWH, let us be mindful of our ways as we wait for the return of your Son.\xa0 May we be blessed with every spiritual gift as we watch for His coming. Though our good deeds have become as polluted rags, He makes them new, bringing us back to you. Give us new life, O LORD, that we might call upon your NAME.\xa0 You are our Father, our God; let us no longer be separated from you and your glory.\xa0 We are the work of your hands, dear God \u2013 remake us in the image of your Son that when He comes we might stand with Him in your presence. Make us irreproachable, LORD, by your grace, by your mercy, by your rending of the heavens and coming down to us.\xa0 Let us lack nothing for the hour of Jesus\u2019 return but be ready to enter the kingdom.\xa0 May our eyes be open and our hearts awaiting our salvation.