Spirit of truth, who is with us always to speak the truth, keep us from avoiding or failing to see what is happening around us, that we would not be swept away by catastrophe but be ready to act when you call, through Jesus our Lord, who will judge the nations in righteous and truth with the Father in you. Amen.
‘For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away.’ – Matthew 24:38-39