Sunday 12 November 2023 – XXXII of Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Matthew (25, 1 – 13)

At that time, Jesus told his disciples this parable:
«The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise; the foolish ones took their lamps, but did not take the oil with them; the wise ones, however, together with their lamps, also took oil in small vessels. Since the groom was late, they all dozed off and fell asleep.
At midnight a cry went up: “Here is the groom! Go and meet him!”. Then all those virgins awoke and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise ones: “Give us a little of your oil, because our lamps are going out.” The wise ones replied: “No, so that we and you may not fail; go instead to the sellers and buy some for yourselves.”
Now, while they went to buy oil, the groom arrived and the virgins who were ready entered with him to the wedding, and the door was closed. Later the other virgins also arrived and began to say: “Lord, lord, open to us!”. But he replied: “Truly I say to you, I do not know you.”
Therefore keep watch, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

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