The Kingdom of God is very near to you::: Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time

 Year A

Memorial of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux 

Job 19: 21-27

Psalm 27: 7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14      

Luke 10: 1-12

The Kingdom of God is very near to you

Yesterday we realized that God is Todo[All] by his nature and Nada[Nothing] by his action. Thus wherever there is nothing God is in action and wherever there is something there is God, hence God is everywhere. 

Today as Jesus sends the Seventy-two, the phrase that he repeated to them is that they should tell people that "The Kingdom of God is very near to you." Luke makes it clear that the places he sent them are the places he himself is about to go and visit. 

With this let's reflect on the life of the saint we commemorate today whose life was deeply influenced by her very own quote; 

“I will spend my Heaven doing good on Earth!” 

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as “The Little Flower,” has captivated countless minds and hearts with her simple and pure heart burned with a deep love for our Lord. That love overflowed into the lives of many.  She daily inspired those who knew her, and she continues to inspire those who read her story.  

Here are seven inspired lessons from the Saint to help you grow in holiness:

1.Open the Holy Gospels- To follow Our Lord's footprints.

2.Prayer is an uplifting of the heart

3.Strew flowers before Jesus- Love proves itself by deeds, do smallest actions with love and for Love.

4.Roses must be gathered from amid thorns

5.Always see the good side of things

6.Show charity to others

7.God will carry you

Her sole mission was to make God loved and that means helping others to know and do the will of God. As today Jesus  sends the seventy-two on a mission, we are also on a mission to spread the good news of the Kingdom of God to other. 

The good news of the Kingdom of God begins with us, our very life as St. Thérèse of Lisieux has taught us in his autobiography. She is the Patron of Missions. We must strive to do God's will and remember that whenever and wherever God's will is been done, God's Kingdom is near.  

And as we learnt yesterday, Todo is God's nature and Nada is God's action, so we must become Nada for God's actions to be manifested in us and help us in our mission to make this world a better place. We cannot do it on our own, we need God. 

Where God is his will is been done, where God's will is been done is his Kingdom, God is everywhere, therefore, the Kingdom of God is very near to you. 

When there is nothing do not lose hope, God acts in and with nothing, where the is something glorify God, God shows himself to be All in All.

By Sylvester Amakye-Quayson