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The Word Encountered
John Kavanaugh, S. J.
The King’s Standard
Jesus says that his kingdom is not of this world. It is
a kingdom not fought for with old means of warfare. Rather, it testifies to truth.
It will not kill for the truth, it will die for it.
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Historical
Cultural Context
John J. Pilch
Kingship and Truth
Jesus’ followers are not subjects in a kingdom but persons who hear the truth
and respond to it. It is in this and not in a political sense that Jesus can
be understood as king and possessing a kingdom.
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Thoughts
from the
Early Church
Augustine
His kingdom is here until the end of time, and until the harvest it
will contain weeds. The harvest is the end of the world, when the reapers,
who are the angels, will come
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Preparing
for Sunday
Larry
Gillick, S. J.
Jesus can seem to us as a someone who is constantly asking, commanding more of us than is possible. We might know persons in whose presence we feel judged, diminished or disregarded.
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Scripture
In Depth
Reginald
H. Fuller
Jesus insists that in a certain sense, not as
yet defined, he is a king. Pilate therefore repeats the first question, thus
giving Jesus a chance to state his own definition of kingship. He has come into
the world to be the bearer of the divine revelation.
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