Daily Gospel Reflection for November 28, 2025

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

Reflection by Leslie Lynch

Today's Gospel: Luke 21:29-33

Today’s parable (the fig tree and using the signs of nature to recognize the change of seasons) appears within a cluster of predictions of great calamities and change. For context, some of those predictions refer to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, which, for Luke and his readers, had already happened. As such, they reassure Christians in that era of God’s constancy in fulfilling those predictions.

Other predictions had not, and have not, been fulfilled.

Rather than speculate about those, let’s focus on the most important line in today’s Gospel:

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

What comfort Jesus gives us! No matter what happens, no matter how terrifying life gets on our human level, He is with us. Even when we can’t see Him, we can trust Him.

I’m rereading C.S. Lewis’s final book in the Narnia series, The Last Battle. The images Lewis draws of our world ending and Aslan leading his followers “further up and further in” give me a sense of awe and hope. The characters pass through several iterations of their original world, each more beautiful than the last, until they enter the final iteration in the garden where they meet everyone they loved (and who loved Aslan). And far from being the end, that is the beginning of their real story.
 
There is so much wisdom in this imagining of heaven!

Let’s strive to keep our minds and imaginations focused on our Savior. Jesus, we trust in You!

Ponder:

Do some of the prophesies in the Bible prompt me to fear the unknown, or do they prompt me to seek a deeper relationship with Jesus? 

Pray:

Dearest Jesus, please help me trust You and seek to love You more deeply. I know You love me; remind my heart of Your love.

Copyright 2025 Leslie Lynch

Leslie Lynch lives near Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband and a rescued, feral-turned-sweetheart cat. She’s written three full-length novels: Hijacked, Unholy Bonds, and Opal’s Jubilee; and two novellas: Christmas Hope and Christmas Grace. She is an occasional contributor to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’s newspaper, The Criterion, and holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Learn more at www.leslielynch.com.