SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2026
This coming Sunday, we are to “wake, awake,” and join the wise bridesmaids at the table of the wedding feast that Christ provides.

One of the many artistic depictions of the parable of the wise and foolish virgins was drawn in 1822 by the poet and printmaker William Blake. The dream-like quality of the picture helps indicate that the biblical story is a parable. Christians may note that the five wise bridesmaids are standing close beside one another, as we do when gathered for worship, and may connect the lamps of oil with the ritual of baptism.




















