When will the end of the world be?

Every so often someone announces the end of the world for a specific day. The date passes and nothing happens. Jesus had already warned: "But of that day and hour no one knows" (Mt 24:36). It will come unexpectedly. Faith does say what will happen: Christ will return in glory, the dead will rise and there will be a final judgment. But it gives no calendar. And not to annoy us: if we knew the date, we would live leaving everything for the last moment. Advent begins by recalling this second coming. Not to frighten us, but so that we live awake: like someone waiting for a loved one who has the house ready every day, not just the day before.