Second Option - Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

¹ ”Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
² Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
³ For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
⁴ but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
⁵ As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
⁶ But at midnight there was a cry, `Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
<sup>7</sup> Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.
<sup>8</sup> And the foolish said to the wise, `Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
⁹ But the wise replied, `Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’
<sup>10</sup> And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
<sup>11</sup> Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, `Lord, lord, open to us.’
¹² But he replied, `Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
¹³ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.