The Monday after the Last Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on November 24, 2025 by under
Scripture: St. Mark 13:32-37 (NKJV)
13:32 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. 34 It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning—36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”
Devotion
“And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” As the church year winds down this week one word ought to resound in our ears, “Watch!” Christ’s words in today’s reading were spoken to some of His disciples who expressed concern about the end of time. They simply wanted a sign, a warning as it were, as to when the end would come. Implied in their request was their desire to be ready. Yet, their inquiry was left unanswered. Or was it?
“Watch!” Jesus’ answer to their inquiry was “Watch!” Their preparedness, and ours, rests not on knowing the exact date and time, but rather on preparedness. And the best way to be prepared to meet the Lord on the Last Day is to meet Him now. We start our week on Sunday when we join with “angels and archangels and all the company of heaven” in the presence of our Lord. There, in the Divine Service, we are greeted by our Lord who comes to give us what we need the most: the forgiveness of our sins.
But it doesn’t end there. Continue to hear the Word taught and preached. Continue to search the Scriptures and thoughtfully read devotional material such as the Lutheran Herald. See how the Lord works. See what He told you to do, what He has led you to do… “Watch!”
Collect: Absolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy people from their offenses, that from the bonds of our sins which, by reason of our frailty, we have brought upon us, we may be delivered by Thy bountiful goodness; 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.
