Gospel: Luke
17:20-25
Asked by the
Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming
of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here
it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Then he said to his
disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the
Son of Man, but you will not see it. There will be those who will say to you,
‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in
pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to
the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer
greatly and be rejected by this generation.”
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Reflection:
Could you say that
you have the kingdom of God? You already have the kingdom of God in your heart
when you are already at peace with yourself. You already have the kingdom of
God if you feel the love of Jesus in your heart. You already have the kingdom
of God when you have peace and contentment in your heart.
Many of us including
our politicians today seek the kingdom of this world. We amass corrupted wealth
beyond our imaginations; We amass vast properties to serve as our earthly
kingdoms. But this kind kingdom will not last forever, this we will leave
behind eventually and we will be left without anything except loneliness and
isolation.
At what price are we
willing to pay just to have this earthly kingdom? Are we willing to sell our
souls to the devil just to have possession of this earthly kingdom? Let us wake
up before it’s too late otherwise our greed for earthly kingdom would become
our rope downward to hell.
In our gospel for
this Thursday Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would
come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be
observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For
behold, the Kingdom of God is among you (Luke 17:20-21).
Indeed the kingdom
of God is within our midst yet it cannot be physically felt and measured nor
could it be bought by any amount of money.
This kingdom of God is planted into our hearts by Jesus Himself.
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