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:
Do you
have an awareness of the kingdom of God in your life?
Everyone
of us has different awareness of the kingdom of God; for some it’s already here
and now. This is basically attributed to their rock solid faith and close
intimacy with God. Their rock solid faith and intimacy with Jesus which is
always feed by a healthy prayer life.
Others
have no sensitivity of the kingdom of God in their lives and the sad part here
is they think that life ends with death. In these others lies the challenge for
us. What must we do so that these immeasurable others will know that the
kingdom of God is real?
Should we
preach about it? Should we teach them about it? We must preach, we must teach
and we must live the kingdom of God in our lives. Otherwise we will have no awareness of it and
we would continue to live our lives without fear of sin.
The
kingdom of God is within us already, we who know Jesus and we who have a relationship
with Him. The challenge therefore is to share Jesus so that they too will have
an awareness of His kingdom. - Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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