There is an urgency in the Parable of the Ten Virgins that we can no longer ignore. Jesus wasn’t offering a distant warning — He was speaking to the spiritual condition of every generation, including ours. The hour is late, and the world is drifting into a kind of midnight where distractions multiply and clarity fades. Yet even now, Christ is drawing near. He is awakening those who have been quietly tending their inner flame, storing the spiritual oil that cannot be borrowed