Today is the second Sunday in Advent and the second week of our series, ‘Ready for the King’ from the end of Matthew’s gospel. These weeks before Christmas are traditionally a season of anticipation, watching and waiting. We’ll be looking at the parable of the ten virgins where we learn from Jesus that five were foolish and five were wise. What does it mean to be wise as we wait for King Jesus to return? It’s to have done all we need to do to be prepared and ready, not forgetting to attend to anything significant and leaving nothing to chance.