The Pharisees ask when the Kingdom of God arrives: Jesus has brought God!
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Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel text
Lk 17:20-25
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’."
Gospel's Commentary
Today, the Pharisees ask Jesus when the Kingdom of Heaven will come, but they are missing what is most important. The question is not when God’s Kingdom will come, but what it means. God’s Kingdom is already present among us through Jesus, the Church, the Sacraments, Scripture, and the faithful. Jesus came to bring us closer to God and show us how to live.
—Jesus has come and brought us what is essential: God. Wars, hunger, and injustice continue not because God is absent, but because people fail to follow His teachings of love, peace, and justice.