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Reflection:
Consider reflecting on a quote from today’s Gospel: “The coming 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.”
Add statements from modern religious people about this very moment, like “I am helping to build God’s kingdom,” or “I am a co-creator with God.”
Yes, we are living in a kingdom that began eons ago and is an ongoing process of living in the now. In other words, yes, “the kingdom of God is among you,” as Jesus said.
If we open all our senses and perceive as deeply as possible the kingdom around us, we get to sense God’s call for us to think and act like infinite and divine entities, like emissaries from the kingdom of kingdoms. In an overly materialistic and selfish world around us, how might we best operate in God’s kingdom right here, right now?
Jack Dermody is the editor of the CrossRoads bulletin for the Passionist Alumni Association and a member of the Migration Commission for Holy Cross Province. He lives in Glendale, Arizona.