Reflection on Fear, Faith, and the End of the World
I had a conversation recently that stirred something deep in me—a mix of memory, concern, and hope.
It reminded me how easy it is to get swept up in fear, and how important it is to walk with God in the light of truth.
I was talking with my brother.
I told him he needed to go to church more.
To consider the Catholic faith.
He said, “I follow the faith Daddy taught us. I’m a Bapticostal.”
I said, “Maybe that was wrong.”
He got mad.
Said he didn’t like being told he wasn’t raised right.
And I get it.
I was raised the same way.
I wasn’t raised wrong; but, maybe what I learned was incomplete.
Then he started talking about the end times—about the rapture, the Feast of Trumpets.
His information comes from coworkers,late night TV preachers. And things he’d seen on the Internet,TikTok, on Facebook.
People claiming visions, decoding secret messages, doing math with Scripture.
They say they’ve cracked the code.
They say they know the day.
Even though Jesus said plainly:
“You do not know the day or the hour.”
I listened.
Because fear wears many masks.
And sometimes it sounds like certainty.
Some dismiss what the Church has taught for two thousand years.
Some never learned it.
Some think they know better than the Church Jesus himself founded.
And some—let’s be honest—are just trying to scare us.
But Scripture speaks with a quieter voice.
Not dramatic. Not frantic.
Just steady.
“The day of the Lord will come like a thief at night.”
Not with countdowns.
Not with charts.
But like labor pains—sudden, real, and beyond our control.
And yet, we are not in darkness.
We are children of the light.
Children of the day.
We are not meant to be afraid.
We are meant to be awake.
So let us not be swept away by fear or fascination with predictions.
Let us be grounded in the steady truth:
that Christ is already with us,
that salvation is not a secret,
and that we are called—not to panic—but to presence.
Let us trust the One who walks with us in daylight.
The One who speaks not in riddles, but in love.
And when the world feels uncertain,
may we remember:
Christ is not hiding.
He is here.
In the Eucharist.
In the Church.
In the quiet places of our hearts.
We are children of the day.
Let us walk in light,
live in love,
and stay awake to the quiet authority of Jesus,
who comes not to frighten,
but to heal, to guide,
and to dwell with us—now, and always.
Amen
Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
You are our light and our peace.
When fear surrounds us,
remind us we are children of the day.
Keep us awake to Your presence.
Help us walk in love,
live in truth,
and trust that You are already here.
Amen.
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