Our lessons for this day are not very pleasant ones. There are no warm fuzzies to be had here. Instead, they invite us to some rather unpleasant contemplation. The last Sunday of Ordinary Time (or of the Sundays after Pentecost) shifts our attention to the future. The bridge between the end of Ordinary Time and Advent is suspended by two cables: The anticipation of God's final judgment and the celebration of Christ as the King. We cannot move to the season of Advent without crossing this bridge. These lessons are also related to those for All Saints' Sunday.