{"id":35998,"date":"2014-11-13T08:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=35998"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:42:41","slug":"pope-francis-the-kingdom-of-god-is-close-to-us-everyday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2014\/11\/pope-francis-the-kingdom-of-god-is-close-to-us-everyday\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: “The Kingdom of God is close to us everyday”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From his homily <\/a><\/strong>this morning:<\/p>\n

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In the silence of a home, where there may only be 50 cents left until the end of the month, but where there is always prayer, care for children and grandparents, there is the Kingdom of God. Far from the noise of the crowd, because the Kingdom of God \u201cdoes not attract attention\u201d in the same way a seed that grows underground does not attract [attention].<\/p>\n

Pope Francis based his homily on the Gospel of the Day from St. Luke, where asked by the Pharisees \u2018when the Kingdom of God would come\u2019, Jesus replies: a day will come when they will say to you \u201cthere he is\u201d, or \u2018here he is\u2019; do not go, do not follow them\u201d.\u00a0 Pope Francis said : \u201cThe Kingdom of God is not a spectacle. The spectacle is often a caricature of the Kingdom of God \u201c:<\/p>\n

\"OSSROM12578_LancioGrande\"<\/a>\u201c<\/strong>A spectacle! The Lord never says that the Kingdom of God is a spectacle. It is a celebration! But that is different. Certainly it is a beautiful celebration. A great celebration. And Heaven will be a celebration, but not a spectacle.\u00a0<\/strong>However, our<\/strong>\u00a0human weakness prefers the spectacle\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pope Francis continued noting that celebrations are often transformed into spectacles \u2013 weddings for example \u2013 where people seem more intent on putting on a \u201cfashion show, being seen, vanity\u201d rather than receiving the Sacrament. Instead \u00a0\u201cthe Kingdom of God is silent, it grows inside. The Holy Spirit nourishes it through our willingness, in our land, which we have to prepare\u201d.\u00a0 Then, quoting the words of Jesus, the Pope said the day will come when the Kingdom will be manifest in all its power, but it will only be the end of time:<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>The day when he will make noise, he will flash like lightening,\u00a0<\/strong>lighting up the sky from one side to the other<\/strong>. So shall the Son of man be on his day, the day that he will make noise. And when one thinks of the perseverance of many Christians, who struggle to raise their family \u2013 men, women \u2013 who care for children, care for grandparents and arrive at the end of the month with only half a euro, but who pray. There is the Kingdom of God, hidden, in the holiness of daily life, every day holiness. Because the Kingdom of God is not far from us, it is near! This is one of its features: it is close to us everyday\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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