Reflection for November 11, Thursday Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop (M): Luke 17:20-25

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 others would 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 and live the teachings of Jesus so that others would have an awareness of His kingdom. 

Do you live and share the teachings of the Lord? -  Marino J. Dasmarinas