The Second Sunday Before Advent Year B

The Second Sunday Before Advent

Daniel 12.1-3.
Hebrews 10.11-25
Mark 13.1-8

All of today’s readings are set against the background of a disintegrating world, and all see that as something joyful. Daniel and Mark seem to be talking about the future, though there is no indication about how far away that future is – certainly close enough to impact on present behaviour. Pretty well every historical era has read the descriptions in Daniel and Mark as closely describing its own circumstances, and pretty well every era has then given in to the temptation of second-guessing God’s judgement. But that is precisely what all the passages deplore....

Taken from Lectionary Reflections – Year B by Jane Williams