Daily Retreat 10/31/06
2006 Oct 31 Tue: Ordinary Weekday
Eph 5: 21-33/ Ps 127(128): 1-2. 3. 4-5/ Lk 13: 18-21
From today’s readings: “Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.... Blessed are those who fear the Lord.... What is the Kingdom of God like?”
Modest Beginnings
Since Jesus knew the answer, for Him, it was a rhetorical question to ask, “What is the Kingdom of God like?” In the illustrations of His replies, He proposed numerous parables, such as the parable of the mustard seed, and the parable of the leaven. But these and other figures of the Kingdom of God do not paint a precise picture, because they’re more intended to spark the imagination.
For one could certainly place a tiny mustard seed or bit of yeast on the tip of his finger. With a light puff of breath, the seed or yeast could easily be scattered to the wind, and nothing would ever come of it. Yet if the seed were just properly planted, it really could become a super shrub, and if the yeast were just carefully combined into some dough, it really could leaven the entire mass.
What is the Kingdom of God like? Earthly words can never completely answer celestial questions, so we can safely say that the Kingdom of God is much more than can ever be inferred by merely examining the little signs of that Kingdom in our midst, and yet the Kingdom will be realized when its seed is properly planted and its yeast is carefully combined in our lives.
Eph 5: 21-33/ Ps 127(128): 1-2. 3. 4-5/ Lk 13: 18-21
From today’s readings: “Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.... Blessed are those who fear the Lord.... What is the Kingdom of God like?”
Modest Beginnings
Since Jesus knew the answer, for Him, it was a rhetorical question to ask, “What is the Kingdom of God like?” In the illustrations of His replies, He proposed numerous parables, such as the parable of the mustard seed, and the parable of the leaven. But these and other figures of the Kingdom of God do not paint a precise picture, because they’re more intended to spark the imagination.
For one could certainly place a tiny mustard seed or bit of yeast on the tip of his finger. With a light puff of breath, the seed or yeast could easily be scattered to the wind, and nothing would ever come of it. Yet if the seed were just properly planted, it really could become a super shrub, and if the yeast were just carefully combined into some dough, it really could leaven the entire mass.
What is the Kingdom of God like? Earthly words can never completely answer celestial questions, so we can safely say that the Kingdom of God is much more than can ever be inferred by merely examining the little signs of that Kingdom in our midst, and yet the Kingdom will be realized when its seed is properly planted and its yeast is carefully combined in our lives.
posted by FrPitstick | 10/30/2006
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