The Church of Christ is not an institution, it is a new life with Christ and in Christ, guided by the Holy Spirit.
- Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov
(What is your relationship to the Church at this time in your life?)
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WIS 7:22B–8:1; PS 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175
LK 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."
Reflection on the Scriptures |
Jesus clearly did not leave us here alone to wait for the Kingdom of God to come. To be sure, there is more to come, but Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is also already with us, in every age. Faith calls me to demonstrate that certainty, to learn the Lord’s statutes and ordinances so that the revelation of the Lord’s words shed light through my life in ways that
others can understand. Maybe that is why I chose to be a teacher, but I don’t think we have to be teachers to demonstrate how the Lord’s ordinances and revelation of the Lord’s words help us live out our faith. When we bear fruit in this way, we shed light on the truth of the Lord’s presence in our lives for others to see. This is how we can bear abundant fruits of our faith and can perpetuate the word of the Lord for the next age. Living in the Kingdom that is already with and
within us is how we can best serve and praise God.
by Barbara Dilly
Revelations of Divine Love
- by Julian of Norwich
Fifteenth Revelation, Chapter 65
“The Charity of God maketh in us such a unity that, when it is truly seen, no person can part himself from other”
It is God’s will that I see myself as much bound to Him in love as if He had done for me all that He hath done; and thus should every soul think inwardly of its Lover. That is to say, the Charity of God maketh in us such a unity that, when it is truly seen, no man can part himself from other. And thus ought our soul to think that God hath done for it all that He hath
done.
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