The Friday after the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on November 14, 2025 by under
Scripture: St. Matthew 24:36-42 (NKJV)
24:36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.”
Devotion
Our Lord Jesus in the previous verses talks about the coming of the Son of Man. There is much in those verses that could cause angst and fear at the expectation of those events coming to fruition. Today, our Lord offers comfort for those who have heard His previous words. For He says of that day that no one knows the day or hour. Why is this a comfort to us? Because it shows that if He did not concern Himself with knowing the day and hour, then neither should we. In not telling us the day and hour, He has given us time to spend in contrition and faith.
We can go about our lives without fear that “this will be the day.” During Noah’s days before the flood, the people went about their lives not caring that their destruction was coming. We can go about our lives living daily in repentance: humbly confessing our sins, and trusting in the works and merits of our Lord for salvation. He has told us this day is coming; that also means we have the joy of looking forward to the day when He will come again. We have the daily comfort of knowing that this life will end, and we will be forever with Jesus, the angels, and all the saints who have gone before us.
Collect: Almighty God, we beseech Thee, show Thy mercy unto Thy humble servants, that we who put no trust in our own merits may not be dealt with after the severity of Thy judgment, but according to Thy mercy; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
