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The End of Faith
Neither faith nor hope will be necessary after the Second Coming
By John M. Grondelski | December 11th 2024 6:15 PMAs I've recently noted, Advent Preface I speaks of Christ’s Second Coming -- the first focus of Advent -- as a time “when all at last is made manifest.” I'll add another reason why the Second Coming involves full disclosure: because it is the end of faith. Faith is “the…
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Advent Preface I reads, When the Lord comes again 'all is at last made manifest'
By John M. Grondelski | December 6th 2024 5:21 PMDuring Advent, the Church uses two different Prefaces at Mass: one for most of Advent, the other for Advent’s last nine days. We have two because their foci are different: Advent Preface I looks forward to Christ’s Second Coming at the end of history, while Advent Preface II shifts back,…
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