“FOR BEHOLD, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AMONG YOU.” LK 17:20-25
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Prayer Prompt before reading LK 17:20-25: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are so that I may know who I am.
Jesus answers a question today that is always a heavy topic, when will God’s Kingdom come. Jesus answers, “For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” He also remarks, “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” Finally, in MT 20:28 Jesus says, “Lo, I am with you always to the end of the age.”
What does this mean? We can live our lives thinking about God in two ways. One, He is an old man really far away sitting on a cloud (not personal or present). Or two, which is what Jesus is teaching us today; He is present right now (Jesus is God speaking right to the Pharisees) and he promises He will be with us always. God is everywhere all of the time.
I can sit in silence and be with God. I teach every day 100 yards from the “Kingdom of God” on earth in the tabernacle and monstrance in perpetual adoration. Amazing! He continues to offer Himself up for us and stay with us. He is with us in prayer and when we say “Come, Holy Spirit”.
How do I know? The Eucharist, the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Spirit in all baptized people guiding the Church and us individually, in the sunrise and sunset, the mountains and oceans, the stars, moon, and sun. Most importantly, because He said so and I believe and trust Him. Why do I believe and trust him, because I have spent hours talking and listening to Him. I have spent hours reading about him.
He died for me to show how much he loves me and showed me His love is radical. The only one way, the best way, to respond to this radical love is with radical love. Jesus said He must suffer greatly predicting His passion. The Catholic Church had the end of the world pegged a long time ago.
The world ended when Jesus died on the cross and resurrected conquering sin and death. We no longer have to live with Original Sin, the gates of heaven are open. We have the Holy Spirit in us. We have God’s grace in the sacraments that Jesus set up while on earth.
We have the Eucharist and confession, prayer, as we wait for the Second Coming. We do not have to remain in our sin. With the sacraments and other avenues of grace Jesus has won for us, judgment passes over us due to the sacrifice of His blood once for all. We are living in the end times with the power and opportunity to be holy today. It lies within us. Take time to sit in silence and listen!
Today’s challenge: Take time to pray and think about God not far away but right here with us always, it makes a huge difference in the way we view things and live our life! God is with us, wow! If you can wrap your mind around God’s true presence at Mass and in the Blessed Sacrament, you will be at peace and never want to leave.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will live again!)
jesus wants us to get to heaven with Him. Today, he tells us that the only way to do so is to go against the flow of things, and to do things out of the ordinary. He tells the Pharisees that they have to reject themselves and to change. This is the only way to get into heaven. Jesus knows what is best for us. He wants us to be with Him. We must follow Him and listen to his word.
Today’s reflection tells us that God is always going to be here no matter the situation. He died for us, he loves us, he is our Father and we need to humbly submit our will to him. He is the reason we are here, and he is our creator and we need to thank him daily for what he has done to us. God is the one and only Father.
I think that God is trying to tell us that if you wait long enough then it will come just like how Jesus one day will come back and all save us again and that Jesus and God will always love you no matter what you ever do and they will also always be there forr you.
I think today gospel talks about how God is always with you. Whether you want him to be or not he is always there and he always loves you. This shows that he is always watching and you need to set a holy example and really contemplate your faith. God wants you to contemplate your faith to question it so you will come back and love him even more when you realize he is the only one that can save you.
In today’s gospel Jesus speaks to the pharisees about God and how he will come and bring the kingdom of heaven to you for our are in the presence of God’s kingdom through me.
In the Gospel it said that He died for me to show how much He loves me. To me this means that God and Jesus have literally all they could for us, God gave His only son and Jesus gave His life. They gave up everything so that we could live, and some day meat them again in heaven, that is true love. If that isn’t true love I don’t know what is, because They couldn’t give anymore than what they did.
Today God said that Heaven is invisible and you cant see it. He is saying that nobody is going to just tell you where heaven or how to get to it. Priests and teachers are here to guide us to Heaven but not to just let us get in. They give us the tools to get in to Heaven but we need to ask ourselves our we going to use these tools. We need to have a personal relationship with God and then He will lead us to Heaven.
“The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed” this quote means that we can’t see the Kingdom of God by just living in the faith,we have to pray and worship the Lord our God so that he can show us how to see the Kingdom of God,and when we see the Kingdom of God we will find true happiness in God.
I believe that in this Gospel Jesus is foreshadowing that he will not be accepted among the people. He also tells his disciples that they will not know that the Kingdom of God is among them but it will be.
In the last line of today’s Gospel it says “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” He is saying this to the Pharisees who were strong believers in the Jewish faith and believed that there would be a worldly king who would come take over the Roman empire. But saying this shows them that it will not be a worldly king but much better a spiritual king who has come to be our slave and die for us even if we do not accept it or reject Him.
Jesus had to suffer for us. without his sacrifice we could not make it into heaven, and Jesus knew he had to suffer. Jesus is the ultimate role model. there really is no greater love than this to down ones life for ones friend.
In Today’s Gospel these words stuck out to me
“For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
these words stuck out to me because the kingdom
of God is with us every day and we need to get up
and open our hearts to it. Like the bishop said at the
Conformation Mass this year “The Password to God
3 words COME HOLY SPIRIT.”
For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.This stuck out to me because the kingdom of god truly is among you so we must rejoice and praise god so may get into gods kingdom
Today’s Gospel is about how the kingdom of God is always with us. While some may think that it is a far away place it is actually always with you. Jesus says in today’s Gospel that “For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” this meaning that the kingdom of God is with us all the time and the gates are open while Jesus is waiting for us to join him.
Something that I got out of this was that we will never know whe Jesus is coming back, many people try to predict when it will happen, and look at all of the signs that are happening around the world but the problem is that Jesus isn’t going to come back when we want him to, he said that he will come like a thief in the night. So we should always be prepared for Jesus’ second coming, and act like today is the last. If somebody was to tell you that it is your last day here on this Earth what would you do? You would probably want to spend the whole day with your friends and family, and try to be the best version of yourself. Sadly people just think that Jesus isn’t coming back anytime soon, and they just say well tomorrow I will do it, tomorrow I will stop that addiction, yet some point in your life there will be no tomorrow, and once you can’t change what you have done is when you wish you could change all you have done, so always be prepared for Jesus to come back, because nobody knows when.
When Jesus said that ” the kingdom of Heaven is in you”. To me what this is a result of is that Heaven is a cup. I shiny bright white cup that glows everywhere you go. Whenever we sin the cup gets dust on it because we leave it out and not take care of it. The more we leave it out the more dirty it is going to get. When will we realize the fact that this is your home. Your home is dirty because people don’t take the time to clean it and never care for it. This is the problem with people’s addiction to screens, and other things that hurts us and God. God doesn’t need to see us have money, succession, fame, glory, power, athletic, and smart. He needs you the most. He needs you to clean that cup so that it is bright again. Doing the dishes is like confession, it’s when we are going to clean it and how we are going to clean it. It’s our soul that we are fighting for, it’s not our life. God needs our soul as much as we are longing for him. Never wait. Never stop. Never think about when you will clean that cup because that is the only thing that you have to get to heaven. Once again, Doing the dishes is like confession, it’s when we are going to clean it and how we are going to clean it.
I like the line “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” I also liked how Mr. Goertz said the 2 ways we can think of God. Either an old man sitting on a cloud far away or someone who promises to stay with us and love us, who listens. Its really our choice if we want to believe and love God. The quote I liked, it was referencing to Jesus dying on the cross. For us to realize he was great and truly loved us, he had to die on the cross and suffer.
Something that stuck out to me today is that Jesus says that the day of the Messiah will be like lightning in the sky. I think this stuck out to me because its weird to think that he has only been on earth for about 33 years yet people still know and love him to this day. Also when the Pharisees ask where the Kingdom of heaven is and he says basically that it cannot be spotted. This doesn’t really make any sense because how could something be so close but you can’t see it. But then I was thinking about how everything inside your body is so close but you can’t see it. The kingdom of heaven is in our heart. After that when he says to his disciples that they will long to see him; he says to not follow the fake callings of the people when people will say look its God or we found the Kingdom of heaven. I think this kind of relates to humanity now with all of the fake religions and things like that.
Today scripture talks about how much we realy need the Father and how much amazing things he does for us. God is whating for you and he love you so much even if you did bad thang his I’d always ready for you to forgive him.
“But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” I think today God is telling me that this generation on earth won’t except you, and you must go through a great amount of suffering to get to where you will get accepted. Someone on this earth will have something against you, and there’s nothing we can do about it really. Even if we are the kindest and most loving person ever there will still be someone that is either jealous of you or doesn’t like you. That’s okay though because all we care for is God to love us and to get to our real home. Sometimes you might even be jealous of someone else and you don’t know why, but we all make mistakes. We are not perfect and we will never be perfect because that’s just how it works, and the only one who is actually gonna be perfect is God himself. You might feel down that some people don’t like you, but don’t let that affect you. Instead just worry about yourself and put it in God’s hand for those hands are the only ones we should care about. That doesn’t mean to ignore other people and to not care for them, if they care for you then care for them, but if they don’t care for you still care for them as they are still a child of God and forget the rights and wrongs. God was loving to people still as they made Him suffer and PUT HIM TO DEATH. They KILLED Him and yet He STILL loves them. There’s not much that you can ask for besides that.
We need to take time to spend with Jesus, remember that he is in us. He Entered our Souls when we received the Holy Sacrament of Baptism. If we want to grow with him in a relationship prayer is the best way to do that.
jesus wants us to get to heaven with Him. Today, he tells us that the only way to do so is to go against the flow of things, and to do things out of the ordinary. He tells the Pharisees that they have to reject themselves and to change. This is the only way to get into heaven. Jesus knows what is best for us. He wants us to be with Him. We must follow Him and listen to his words, and look at His actions.
Today scripture talks about how much we realy need the Father and how much amazing things he does for us. God is whating for you and he love you so much even if you did bad thang his I’d always ready for you to forgive him
In today’s scripture it says “For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you” Lo, I am with you always to the end of the age.” this scripture is saying that God is always with us no matter what happens or no matter what we do, he will be there by our side, God is everywhere all of the time. even to the end of the age.” Jesus’ promise is to be with His followers, in spirit and in truth
In today’s Gospel I read that Jesus will always be with us. He is in the Eucharist that we receive when we go to Communion and He is in us and the people around us. Jesus loves everyone so He suffered and died for us. He wouldn’t leave us so He gave us the Sacraments and the Mass so that we can always turn to God. The Church isn’t going anywhere so all you have to do is go to it and pray and be with Jesus. Whenever you feel like you’ve messed up badly or feel like you’re far from God, you can go to Confession or Adoration because Jesus will never leave you and He is always there for you no matter what.
Today God is telling me that the only way to go to Heaven is to reject earthly temptations. Also, we must remember that he died because he loved us and wanted us in heaven with him, forever and ever in eternity.
God was telling to never think he is never with you and to be patient with every thing we do.
This is calling me to sit in silence with God. God wants a relationship with us. We should embrace and accept the fact that he does. We should make a relationship with him. When ever we read the bible, or we pray, God is in us. He is building a relationship with us. God loved us so much he gave his only son. He was hung up on the cross for us. Our sins. He forgave all of us by dying. We should build a relationship with him, praise him, and let him lead us to heaven!
In today’s gospel Jesus tells me that I should trust him no matter what. I talk to him everyday, hes always with you. “We can live our lives thinking about God in two ways. One, He is an old man really far away sitting on a cloud (not personal or present). Or two, which is what Jesus is teaching us today; He is present right now “
I think it was telling me to, every day, sit in silence with God the Father and listen to what he tells me to do and go and do it!!!!!!!
In todays Gospel this is the line that stuck out to me “Do not go off, do not run in pursuit.” I think that this means if you really need somebody they wont just go and leave you. Even if someone leaves you that you feel like you need and would help you God will always be there for you and he will always protect and make sure you are going to be ok. He will never leave you alone or lost he will fight his way to protect you. Even though in the end you are the only choosing if you are going to listen to God or not.
When Jesus is talking about entering into the kingdom of Heaven he states “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” I think this and the Gospel today is trying to tell us that the kingdom of Heaven is ours but first we must be prosecuted and have people turn against us when they don’t agree with us and we must suffer greatly. But, God tells us that after our suffering we shall receive the biggest joy , The Kingdom of Heaven.
In today’s Gospel I think God is trying to say that we need to suffer and be rejected by the people around us in order to truly see what He is like. He also says he will come back but we won’t know.
in today’s Gospel it talks about how Jesus is always in the present right now and never in the past and Jesus is God speaking to the pharisees and Jesus promises He will be with us always in our hearts and in our minds forever.
Something that stuck with me when I read this is that God is always with us. Even when were at our lowest he is there, he is there when ever we sin and are in sin, and is ready to forgive us and love us. Jesus is always with us at our best, our lowest, our happiest , or our saddest. Jesus knows us better than we know our selves.
I think Jesus is trying to tell me that to live we must die with him. As He suffered we must suffer in this world to obtain the next. We must trust in God in our suffering, because we never know when He will come to get us we must be ready at all times. We MUST follow his will not our own will. God’s love is eternal so we must love him back as well we can because we could never pay him back for what he has given us. He gives us great gifts and yet we turn away from him. We don’t deserve it yet God gives us everything. The only thing we have to do is love him and others. God is irrational He has every reason to turn his back to the human race but he gives us everything. So, let us give him love.
He wants them to remember his love
“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.”
What I think this means to me is that we cannot see God but we need to believe he is truly here in our lives. And that God is also guiding through are path in the world.
The Gospel today tells us about the kingdom of God the thing that really stood out to me was that the kingdom of God will come whenever and wherever again. That tells us that in reality God is in all of us and if you treat someone bad and with no respect that means you are treating God bad and with no respect. So treat others as you want to be treated and treat others with kindness with the level of kindness that you will give to God if you ever see him.
What God is trying to tell me is no matter what Jesus is always with us even when we don’t know so if you have a bad day and you feel as if no one is there for you God is, the Bible is, just know God is always within you.
I think God is telling me that he is always with us, and wants to have a good strong relationship with us. “Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.” If you submit yourself to God your will is done.
Today I think Jesus is trying to say that he wants us to get into Heaven with him. And while we are trying to get into Heaven he is going to be right by our side the whole entire time. He died for us on the cross for us and that’s why he really wants us to get into Heaven with him pray, and talk to him always. Jesus Loves Us.
I think that today’s Gospel is saying that you can’t see when you will go to the Kingdom of God. Only God can see when your day will be there.
“But first, He must suffer greatly ad be rejected by this generation.” Those words stuck out to me today because Jesus was telling the Pharisees that He is going to be killed. No one realized that He was God, and He was the Messiah! He tells them to not worry about what may come today or tomorrow, or the next day. He wants us to live in the now! God will be waiting for us in the Kingdom of God.
I think that this gospel is telling us that God is always present. Sometimes we forget that. We do things we know God wouldn’t approve of, yet we still do it, most of the time not even acknowledging that there is nothing that Jesus doesn’t see. We need to remember that he is always watching. Of course no one is perfect and we will still sin but it will help guide us away from sin when we recognize everything Jesus has done for us and will continue to do.
when the gospel says “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed” it really sticks out to me because some people try to look at others to try and understand the faith better when they don’t focus on looking for their faith
I think what God is trying to tell me is that no one will tell me when the Lord is coming, but to live every day like He’s coming. We don’t know the day or the hour the Lord will call us home so we should prepare every day of our lives. Jesus wants us to be in Heaven with him, it’s just a matter of if we are willing to work and sacrifice like He did for us.
*God is with you always he will never leave your side. Ask him to help you when your sad or mad, or even when your happy.
God loves when you pray to him and he never forgets about you. But if you forget, or dont care about him, not the best things will happen, so turn to God and repent for he is your Savior. GOD IS WITH YOU ALWAYS.
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In today’s gospel it says that none will say there is the kingdom of God. None will say there is the son of man and that you should not run in pursuit because just like lightning in the sky God will go away and you also should wait your turn.
In today’s gospel, the message I got was that we cannot simply just enter the Kingdom of God through death. The gospel said that the Kingdom of God is among us. If we want to enter Heaven, we need to want to enter Heaven today on Earth. It will not be easy to enter God’s Kingdom. We will have to endure much suffering, as Jesus endured His suffering for us.
What God is trying to tell me today is that we cant know the exact date of when God is returning because we will procrastinate and prepare right before it happens but we always have to be ready for God to return if Jesus returns and we aren’t ready that’s not a good thing. But we must be ready and prepared for when he returns and invites us to his kingdom in heaven.
I think that Jesus is trying to tell us that we won’t know exactly when the world will end just like we didn’t know when the kingdom of God was among us until It was. I also think that Jesus was telling us that if we believe without seeing we will be saved, “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.”
When Jesus said, “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.” I think that it meant that we cannot find the Kingdom of God physically, but spiritually. We must find in our hearts what God has planned for us and follow that in order to find the Kingdom of God. “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.”. Jesus had to suffer greatly for our sins, even though he did no wrong. For us to be true friends with Jesus and God, we must first do our part of suffering. Life is not supposed to be a thing where you get the comfiest couches or house, or where you get only the best foods or things out of life. It is meant to be something much greater, but first we must do our part of suffering like Jesus did, in order to get to Heaven.
I think in the Gospel today God is telling us that we must not follow other people because they can mislead you. Follow him instead, because only He knows what is truly right. I also think Jesus was warning his disciples that some will reject him and kill him, and after that he will get rid of the darkness in the world.
He is present right now (Jesus is God speaking right to the Pharisees) and he promises He will be with us always. God is everywhere all of the time. He want’s us to know he is here all the time
Good job, Lucy!
In the Gospel today it is telling us that God sent his only son to save us. God is waiting for us to return to him in heaven. That just shows us how much he loves us that he would sacrifice his only son to save us.
The Kingdom of God is our end goal. We are meant to get to Heaven so we can be eternally happy. So that we can praise God eternally.
Today Jesus talks about how the Kingdom of God is among us now. He also says that He must suffer because our generation is rejecting Him. Even after we have proof of His reality we still decide whether He doesn’t exist or doesn’t believe
Jesus wants us to get to heaven with Him. Today, he tells us that the only way to do so is to go against the flow of things, and to do things out of the ordinary. He tells the Pharisees that they have to reject themselves and to change. This is the only way to get into heaven.this scripture is saying that God is always with us no matter what happens or no matter what we do, he will be there by our side, God is everywhere all of the time. even to the end of the age.” Jesus’ promise is to be with His followers, in spirit and in truth.Jesus knows the way of life and it
“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.” I think Jesus was trying to tell him he was the was, but they weren’t listening. I think we need to be open to hearing God ´ s voice.
Jesus wants us to get to heaven with Him. Today, he tells us that the only way to do so is to go against the flow of things, and to do things out of the ordinary. He tells the Pharisees that they have to reject themselves and to change. This is the only way to get into heaven.this scripture is saying that God is always with us no matter what happens or no matter what we do, he will be there by our side, God is everywhere all of the time. even to the end of the age.” Jesus’ promise is to be with His followers, in spirit and in truth.God is always with you even if it feels like no one is with you,He is always loving you even when you don’t love him back.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks about how the Kingdom of God is not “Look, here it is,” or, “There it is.” The Kingdom of God is among us. This represents the greatness and power of God on the Earth, and in the heavens.
Today’s Gospel is about how the kingdom of God is always with us. While some may think that it is a far away place it is actually always with you. Jesus says in today’s Gospel that we are saved by him this meaning that the kingdom of God is with us all the time and the gates are open while Jesus is waiting for us to join him.
In the Gospel today Jesus says that the kingdom of God is among them and that kingdom is Jesus he is what will save us and what will keep us with God. he is our light and salvation all we have to do is follow that light and he will lead us into his kingdom.
What I learned from this scripture is that God is near us he isn’t up in the sky just wait for us to come in to his kingdom. We need to believe that God is with us though our lives so we need to act like it.
In Today’s gospel, the Pharisees ask Jesus when the kingdom of God will come. He says that the kingdom of God is among them. He then says “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.” I think that Jesus is saying that we may suffer in this life if we believe in Jesus, but our reward in heaven will be well worth it.
Jesus says, “For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you” I think that Jesus is saying that God is inside all of us. Whoever we meet we need to remember that God is within them, we should try to treat all the people we meet with respect. God is always with us no matter how bad the situation may be. Remember that God is always protecting us and watching over us.
“The days will come when you will long to see.” This is telling me that God will wait for me until the end of my life. He will be with us eternally in heaven when we die. The time will come when God calls me home, and I will see the amazing home of Heaven.
Jesus is trying to tell us that he will be with us always until the end of age. He will be everywhere all the time. We can all just sit in silence and listen to what he wants us to do in our life.
“For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” Sometimes I forget how close you can be to God. He is always right there calling out for you. He is trying to tell us that everlasting life is in His hand and we have to believe and trust in God’s plan. It is easy to ignore God when He is talking to you. You have to focus and you have to be all in to hear Him speaking to you. God loves you with everything He has. We have to do the same and love one another like Jesus did.
What I unpacked from this was that Jesus leaves it up to Faith for you to believe in God and His kingdom. If you believe and pray on it, God will answer your prayers. Maybe not in a loud, booming voice, but in a quiet whisper in your soul. I will continue to pray and listen with my whole heart.
God is trying to show us how much he loves and cares for us. God died on a cross for us and then he resurected and he kept on preaching the word of God and he opend up the kingdome of heaven for us to follow him to get there and live a happy life.
“But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” This stuck out to me because it is hinting that Jesus will die on the cross. This made me reflect on what he really did for us. He died so we could be forgiven. We never deserved him. God brought his only son down to earth to save us and was crucified. What did Jesus do to deserve this? Nothing. That just shows how much he loves us that he would die to save us.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus talked about how the Kingdom of God can’t be seen but it is among them. In order to get to the Kingdom of God, we must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation. When jesus died on the cross, he unlocked the Kingdom of God to everyone. The Kingdom of God is always with us and it will always be with us. “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” I like this quote because it means that we have to live in pain and suffering to get to the Kingdom of God.
“But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” I think God is trying to tell me that in our generation, theirs always going to be someone who doesn’t like you. There is always going to be a time where you don’t fit in with everyone else because you might not have what they have. But Jesus will always accept us and will always think we are enough. And once we get to heaven, money is not going to matter, none of the worldly things are going to matter. The only things that are going to matter are how you treated other people and if we were prioritizing God or all the other worldly things.
“We can live our lives thinking about God in two ways. One, He is an old man really far away sitting on a cloud (not personal or present). Or two, which is what Jesus is teaching us today; He is present right now.” This really stuck out to me because some people pray to God and really believe he’s there. But some don’t care about praying or learning about him at all. Some say they are a follower of God but they are not.
In today’s Gospel Jesus is telling us about how we will go to the Kingdom of God. No one will know and shout “here comes the kingdom for them,’’, but it can bring you home at any time. We must always be ready to meet Him, and go home to our creator and God.
Jesus and God will bring the kingdom of God to us and to live you must die with him.
I think God is telling us that he is always with us and it is never too late to go to heaven. God is with us right now and if we are feeling sad or scared we can always turn to God because it is never too late for that.
He died for me to show how much he loves me and showed me His love is radical. The only one way, the best way, to respond to this radical love is with radical love. Jesus said He must suffer greatly predicting His passion.We have the Eucharist and confession, prayer, as we wait for the Second Coming. We do not have to remain in our sin. With the sacraments and other avenues of grace Jesus has won for us, judgment passes over us due to the sacrifice of His blood once for all. We are living in the end times with the power and opportunity to be holy today.
In this Gospel Jesus is trying to tell us that even though we don’t see Jesus He is always with us. He will come when we least expect it, so we must always be ready for the second coming. The Lord said he would be persecuted which is very true in today’s age. He knew what was going to happen thousands of years ago.
“For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” This part stuck out to me today because we are already a part of the Kingdom of God. By being Baptized and spiritually adopted by our Father, we are born into the Kingdom of God. Like Mr. Goertz likes to quote, “Wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I am there with them.” so another reason for the Kingdom of God to be with us already. God is here, watching out for everyone.
Jesus is still telling them that the son of man will suffer and die and the Pharisees are like ya right you aren’t even the son of god.
and before that Jesus tells them the kingdom of god is at hand.
I think Jesus was telling us today in the gospel that we must be prepared to go to heaven at all times because we don’t know when God will come again.
I think that the gospel is trying to tell us is that people see God in different ways. Now there isn’t really a right or wrong answer to how you see God. For example i used to see God as a human that lived in the clouds with binoculars looking down on me. Then when I got i little bit older I saw him as a person who knows what i’m doing at all time. Now i see him as the one and only God in the universe. Watching everyone at the same time and loving everyone the same, whether they are a gangster or a priest, God loves us all the same.
In today’s gospel this phrase stuck out to me “For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” I think that this means that the Kingdom is with us now. God is always with us and he is who we will be with in heaven. The gospel was also talking about how God is always with us.
the scripture is saying that even though you can’t see God, He is with us. He is present in our lives and not just a man in the sky somewhere, He is real and alive within us.
“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.” This verse stuck out to me today because I think we look for Jesus in the wrong things or we search for happiness in the wrong places. Sometimes we look for it in friends, sports, good grades, and other things we enjoy or can be proud of. And those things are good things and they can be used for the glory of God when used properly but they can also be abused. And that’s when we start looking for Jesus or what our minds have idolized to be Jesus in the wrong places. I think it’s pretty common to fall into this trap but there’s a difference between falling into the trap and pursuing it. Don’t pursue it. You can fall in and quickly back out but it’s harder after you’ve begun pursuing it. So pray to have strength and knowledge to see what is God and what isn’t and choose what is over what isn’t.
In today’s scripture it tells us how much we really need our father and how much he helps us and does good things for us. We need to let God keep doing good things for us. He will always do what is good for us but sometimes we don’t except it. We need to start living our life the way God wants us to.
This gospel is asking us the question, “Where is God?” Where do we think God is? One thing us Christians get caught up in is, “God isn’t answering me.” This is false. God is ALWAYS listening no matter what. There may be times when God can’t perform a miracle, but this is the reason why we pray. Our prayers go up to God and He gives us what we asked for physically and spiritually.
“The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed” This quote really stood out to me because it helps build a basis on how you should live your day to day life. None of us know when Jesus will come back or when we will die, so we must live everyday like it is our last. We should go out of our way to help someone in need or just to even chat to someone we love. The good little acts of kindness. God is truly with us, in the faces of others and in our own self so we should always treat life and others like a gift.
God loves us so much, his love for us is so strong there’s no way to even put a word onto it. He loves us uncontrollably and only wants the best for us.
Today’s Gospel is telling me that God will always be there for us. He had to endure so much pain and for what, to save some sinners. He is God he is the Leader, he can do what he wants. But instead of letting us suffer he went through all that pain. We have to daily say prayers to God, and actually mean it. We must be an image of God and not get sucked up into humanity.
Something that stuck out to me today is that Jesus says that the day of the Messiah will be like lightning in the sky. This really stuck out to me because it will come as a shock, and it will be on the day we all least expect it. Like Lightning and thunder, the reapearrence of the messiah will be heard amongst many, and all will come to see. They are both beautiful things, one of nature and one of god. Jesus will come back someday and we are awaiting his presence
Today Jesus tells us that he is always with us. We don’t have to wait for heaven to be with God. We can be with him right now in this place. Jesus will never leave us. When the world is against us Jesus is for us. He loves us and cannot wait for us to open up the door and let him in.
“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.” I think Jesus is telling us we won’t know when God is coming, and other people can’t tell us when he is coming, because no one except God really knows. We can’t depend on another person to tell us when God is coming because they aren’t God. This makes it difficult sometimes though to figure out if people are really talking in the name of God, or trying to force their own opinion about what God is saying. The point is, we need other people to help us, but we shouldn’t follow them like we follow God.
“For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” This stuck out to me because it tells us something. It tells us that God is truly among us. He will always be there for you. To guide you and to help you.
Jesus says that “For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” He is basically saying that God’s Kingdom is here on Earth. God is always with us and so is his Kingdom. His Kingdom here on earth is the church. We all have a chance of the Heavenly Kingdom.
I think Jesus is trying to tell me to ” Take time to pray and think about God not far away but right here with us always”
What I got from the gospel and reflection is that we have to truly believe God is here with us. If we just believe that God is just there and we pray to him when we need help we will not meet him in heaven. If we do not wanna meet him today we will not meet him later. Like it says he will get rejected in this generation but we can do the best we can to make sure others and ourselves can get there too.
The Holy Spirit is telling me that we need to remain true to our faith and proclaim the Gospel even if we are rejected by every person in our lives.
I think he is trying to tell me that no matter what I can do anything if I try and he is trying to tell me to never give up and always keep trying even if it sounds or looks impossible.
God is telling me that we will never know when He is coming, or when the Messiah is coming. Jesus was telling the Pharises that Heaven is always where He is.
In today’s Scripture I think Jesus is trying to always be ready. Don’t be waiting for it but, just be prepared for when it does happen . Go along and have normal day but, always have in the back of your mind that Jesus will come down from heaven.
We can live our lives thinking about God in two ways. This means that we need to think about God in the right way. How we think of him is a guy just sitting in the clouds watching us. Obviously he is our father, and we know that but do we really understand that. As a whole we need to not take him for granted and really learn to love him.
Today Jesus tells me that I shouldn’t listen to what others say or believe but to believe what my heart says. Don’t believe what other people say or think about you and change yourself be who you are and not them.
God is telling me that “The kingdom of God is among you” The gospel also says that he died for us to show how much he loved us and Jesus also said “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.”
“For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you” This stood out to me because it shows me that Jesus will always be there for me. He is waiting for us to go to Heaven and have eternal life with him. He is always with us and we will forever be with him.
I think God is trying to tell me that if I believe in Him now even if I get made fun of and if I just believe in Him I can live with Him eternally. “But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.”
I think what the Gospel is trying to say is that when we are trying to get to Heaven, It will not be easy and we will have to face many challenges in life. But sometime in our life, it will be our day to go to Heaven.
what I understood is that we cannot see God or the kingdom of heaven you just have to believe and no one will ever no if we are going or not you just got to believe and trust the process he wants you to do
I think what God is trying to tell us here today is that Heaven cannot be predicted or observed when it comes. You must be prepared to see it coming, but don’t let your curiosity lead you to danger. God is everywhere and anywhere. No matter where you go, God will always be there on your side. As God is with you, Heaven is nigh bounding with you, like a mystery. When you go to Mass, you feel the weight of the Kingdom of God pressing down on you; mysterious phenomena that happens everywhere. Let God lead you wherever you go, and his path will lead you to a world of gladness and praise. God needs you to love him as he loved you, dying on the cross for our sins. Let God console you in times of trouble, teach you in times of ignorance, lead you in times of turmoil, he is our reliance for our saving. God is with you, everywhere you go.
I think today’s scripture is trying to tell us that there are two ways you can live your life. You can think God is an old man really far away sitting on a cloud or you can believe he is present within us, which is what today’s scripture was saying. Something that stuck out to me from this was that God is always with us and He’s with you everywhere you go.
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In today’s Gospel it is telling me that I should believe in my Savoir Lord Jesus Christ. It also says that whatever time you are in God will always be with you. And we are not meant to live here on Earth. When we get to heaven we will meet God. Also do not reject God because he wants you to live in his kingdom up in heaven. Listen, if you reject God now, you won’t be able to go and meet him up in heaven Jesus love You!! God Bless!!!
What I think God is saying in the Gospel is that we have to suffer greatly before we reach the gates of heaven, We will never know when God’s Kingdom will come we will never know when God will come we just have to be the best version of ourselves because we do not know when judgement day Is and he will be in front of us and ask us what we accomplished for him on earth? No one can say oh yeah judgement day is tomorrow only Jesus knows when judgement day will be because he will decide. God Is always with us in the bad and in the good he will always lead us to the good we should always be good because he loves us.
“FOR BEHOLD,THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AMOUNG YOU” Luke 17:20-25.In this scripture Jesus is met with a hard question when will the kingdom of God arrive.He tells us that the kingdom is around us .Our world ended when Jesus died on the cross on calvary.Jesus died for us for our sins and for our lives.