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• There are two comings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the first at Christmas and the second at the Last Judgment.
• St. Paul speaks of the Last Judgment today when he says: “pass no judgment before the time, until the Lord comes, Who will both bring to light the things hidden in darkness and make manifest the counsels of hearts.”
• We know this is one of the characteristics of the Last Judgment: everything will be revealed.
• But this is also one of the characteristics of the First Coming of Our Lord: His first coming brought to light many things that were hidden before.
• Recall what the old man Simeon said in prophecy to Our Lady, in the very same chapter as today’s Gospel, when He says that Our Lord will be a light of revelation to the Gentiles.
• The first chapter of St. John’s Gospel ...