“The time is at hand when you will long to see one of the glorious days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. Then people will tell
you: ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do not go with them, do not follow them. As lightning flashes from one end of the sky to the other, so will it be with the
Son of Man. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.”
Reflection
The Pharisees are anxious to know when will the Kingdom come?
Jesus gives them, and consequently, us readers an
important lesson in today’s gospel. The Kingdom that
unpredictably will start “outside” may actually
commence right now “inside” us. The last day
starts its configuration right now, within ourselves. If we
want to be allowed into the Kingdom in that last day, we
must let the Kingdom get inside us, right now. So, we
must not only prepare the outside, but more so our
inner selves as well. This is where the spiritual life
takes center stage. For our outward action may not
necessarily connect with a pure and clean heart and
mind. It may come from hypocrisy. But if our inside
is cleansed by our loving relationship with God, then
what flows as action in the outside world flows from
our authentic center.
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