"The powers of Heaven shall be moved; and then shall they see
the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and
majesty."
(The "Gospel" for the 1st. Sunday of Advent.)
_1st. Prelude._ The Last Day.
_2nd. Prelude._ Grace to meditate upon it.
The Church invites us during Advent to turn our thoughts towards the
Second Coming of Christ--His Coming in judgment at the end of the world.
The subject of the Last Judgment is perhaps one which we are rather
inclined to avoid in our Meditations; but it is one about which Our
Blessed Lord said a great deal; it is continually mentioned, too, in the
Epistles and in the Apocalypse, and as we shall most certainly take a
part in that last great scene of the world's drama, it is surely well
for us to have a rehearsal from time to time.