DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Second Coming” – Messiah: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to the Pharisees that the fullness of God’s Kingdom will come unexpectedly; in fact, it is already present to us. Ponder on, “Do we live our faith vigilantly or do we presume that we will live to a very old age, and so, we still have time to repent for our sins, and do the good that we have failed to do?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 17:20-25
Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus gave them this answer, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation and there will be no one to say, “Look here! Look there!” For you must know, the kingdom of God is among you.’
He said to the disciples, ‘A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man and will not see it. They will say to you, “Look there!” or, “Look here!” Make no move; do not set off in pursuit; for as the lightning flashing from one part of heaven lights up the other, so will be the Son of Man when his day comes. But first he must suffer grievously and be rejected by this generation.’