That ye think not (η ου δοκειτε ωρα). It is useless to set the day and hour for Christ's coming. It is folly to neglect it. This f…

Be ye also ready. Luke 21:36 says that He charged them to pray always, so that they might be accounted worthy to escape those t…

In such an hour as ye think not — The words are important, showing that even the signs that were to be like the budding o…

If the householder has reliable information that a thief is coming, but does not know at what hour he will arrive, he will stay awake all night, wa…

St. Jerome: Having declared that of that hour knoweth no man, but the Father only, He shows that it was not expedien…

The first parable teaches both the unexpectedness of the return of “your Lord” and the church’s willingness to call Jesus “the Lord,” a religious t…

But know this. Another illustration is now employed by Christ in exhorting His disciples to keep diligent watch. For if anyone he…

Therefore be you also ready
Or prepared for the coming of the son of man; which as it is said to be like a thief in …

To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that disposition of mind in which we would be willing for our Lord to find us.

We know that we …

After the Lord affirmed the uncertainty of the hour of His coming, He advises vigilance. This advice is twofold:

1. First, He advises all…