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:
A man was
always busy with the things of this world, he was busy making himself rich for
he thought that it would give him fulfilment. But the more that he became rich
the more that he became busier with the things of this world.
Where can
we find the kingdom of God? We certainly cannot find it if we are always busy
with the things of this world. We cannot find the kingdom of God if we continue
to allow this world to dictate upon us. By accumulating the things of
this world which we will leave behind someday.
A woman was
asked: “Where does the kingdom of God rest?” She calmly said: “its here and now
in my heart.” This woman was a prayerful woman, she lives her faith and she was
always a constant presence in the Eucharistic Celebration.
The
kingdom of God is ours for the taking if we learn to become prayerful, if we
learn to live our faith and if we prioritize our one hour presence at Holy Mass
over our many worldly activities. Worldly undertakings which only brings us
further away from the Kingdom God. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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