Br. Andrew Martin Del Valle, O.P., preaches on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.  

There have been many who have gone before us in the Faith and many will come after us, but we are alive now, today. We are the ones who are left here on this earth to be witnesses to Christ. This Present Moment and these current times are meant for us. This moment has been entrusted to us. Let us be witnesses of hope and true preachers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  

"Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep."