On this Sunday, we remember the end of the world. “Pondering upon that fearful day,” as the hymns exhort us to do, we realize that we have no righteousness, no worthy deeds, nothing by which we might justify ourselves before that dread tribunal that knows no respect of persons. All we can do is ask for mercy. Glimpsing the end of the world, knowing our poverty and unfruitfulness, we are prepared to make a new beginning through repentance. We look toward Forgiveness Sunday, knowing that God’s forgiveness is all we have, our only hope.
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