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[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus uses apocalyptic language from the
prophet Daniel: “On earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the
roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation
of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be
shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.”    I realize how strange and distant all of this can
sound, but there is a spiritual point of enormous significance behind all
of it: we should not trust in any of the powers of the world to give us
security and peace. Such peace will come only with the arrival of God’s
kingdom.One of the most enduring convictions of human beings—you can see it
up and down the centuries and across the cultures—is that we can make
things right if only we find the correct political, economic, or cultural
configuration. But you should never put your ultimate faith in any of the
kingdoms, social arrangements, or political programs of the world. They are
all, in one way or another, attractive, and they are all destined to fall.
They all lead to tribulations.What you should look to is the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of heaven. Now, is this meant in an ultimate sense?
Yes, the second coming signals the end of the world as we know it. But the
Son of Man is coming on the clouds of heaven even now in the life of the
Church. Think of the clouds of incense that accompany the manifestations of
Christ in the high liturgy. Even now the true king, the successor of David,
is in our midst. *
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