[36] "But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. [37] For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. [38] In (those) days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. [39] They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be (also) at the coming of the Son of Man. [40] Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. [41] Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. [42] Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. [43] Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. [44] So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
(CCC 1041) The message of the Last Judgment calls men to conversion while God is still giving them "the acceptable time,… the day of salvation" (2 Cor 6:2). It inspires a holy fear of God and commits them to the justice of the Kingdom of God. It proclaims the "blessed hope" of the Lord's return, when he will come "to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all who have believed" (Titus 2:13; 2 Thess 1:10).
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