(a homily)
"Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand."
The Kingdom. It is Spirit and it is physical. It is, in a word, Jesus. It is repentance and grace.
It is Gentile and Jew, man and woman.
It is sickness cured, enemies reconciled, the poor sustained.
It reaches the darkest regions imaginable, the ends of the earth. It is preaching, teaching, confessing, listening, praying. It is all we have.
It is God's work and it is our gift. It is our work and it is what we present to the world. It is truth and it has conquered falsity.
It is justice and it is mercy.
It overcomes adversity and yet it patiently bears persecution. It is "yes" and it is is "no."
It is the most profound silence and the the most beautiful chord.
It is understanding and it alludes understanding. It is word and it is deed, contemplation and action. It is fasting and it is a great feast. It is bread and it is wine.
It cannot be defined and it is the only reality with meaning.
It is overwhelming and the greatest calm.
It is love.
"Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand."
(First weekday of Epiphany, 1 John 3:22–4:6, Psalm 2, Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25)
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