March 18th, 2010The Kingdom and the Incarnationby Kevin O'Brien | http://www.thewordinc.org
I have not been posting lately as I've been embroiled in the midst of the Torture Wars. More on that later.
Meanwhile, Theater of the Word Incorporated has hit the road again, with lots of shows this month. We've just come from a Chicago tour and will soon embark on a long and busy Ohio tour.
And my biggest impression is this: the Kingdom of God can indeed be among you. Sometimes when we pray "Thy Kingdom come" we are shocked when it starts to happen. But when a group of people follow God and cooperate as best they can with His grace, you have not only true Culture, a Culture of Life (see many of my posts here, especially http://www.staustinreview.com/ink_desk/archives/a_culture_of_life/ ), but also the beginnings of the Kingdom. The Kingdom, which we are to seek before anything else. The Kingdom, where love and truth reign and justice and mercy kiss. The Kingdom - indeed Kingdom Come - the "Kingdom come" among us, where it's real and not just something in the clouds.
The most amazing event in human history, the Incarnation, continues among us even to this day, in the Body of Christ, the true Church that we become members of when we stop fighting against it. It happened once, historically, when God became man; it happens again throughout time when men becomes adopted sons of God, with the Holy Spirit living within us, giving each of us the grace to become "alter Christi", other Christs, in our humility and suffering and in our prayer for His Kingdom to continue to come.
So this Lent, give up your resistance. You know what I mean. Let His Kingdom come.
It will not be a private joy, but a shared one. It will be the Holy Church.
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The watch has been set,
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