The Spirit and the Reign
Thursday, 32nd week in Ordinary Time
Rom 7:22 - 8:1: Mk 17: 20-25
The Reign of God is among you says Jesus in the Gospel, while the first reading finds the cue where to initiate it: the Spirit who dwells within us.
It is the Spirit's doing that initiates the Reign in this world. Hence the call that we have received to establish the Reign of God, begins with realising the Spirit within us. The second need is to keep the Spirit alive and nourish it with our choice for God on a day to day manner. Thirdly we are challenged to live that Spirit out with courage and commitment, inspite of the threats and troubles around us. Once we choose to live our life in the Spirit to the full, the Reign of God begins to dawn on this world.