Gregory the Great, on 1Cor 10:11

“Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”

“What is the hour of supper, except the end of the world? In which we certainly are, as Paul long ago testifies, saying: "We are those upon whom the ends of the ages have come." If therefore it is already the hour of supper when we are called, the less should we excuse ourselves from the banquet of God, the more we perceive that the end of the age has drawn near. For the more we consider that nothing remains, the more we ought to fear lest the time of grace that is at hand be lost.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.