In his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d prayer. This week he focused on the second invocation \u201cthy kingdom come.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pope noted sometimes people wonder why it takes so long for God's Kingdom to emerge. He said this is because He is patient and \u201cwants to establish his kingdom not with violence but with gentleness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pope Francis used the image of the mustard seed to illustrate this point that though tiny it grows into a mighty tree. <\/p>\n
He said God surprises and this is seen in Good Friday which \u201cgives way to the dawn of Resurrection\u201d filling the world with the hope of God's approaching Kingdom. <\/p>\n
He invited Christians to \u201cconfidently plant this prayer\u201d amidst one's sins and failings as well as for those suffering. <\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF POPE'S CATECHESIS<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Brothers and Sisters,<\/p>\n In our continuing catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d, we now turn to the second invocation, \u201cthy kingdom come.\u201d <\/p>\n This petition for the coming of God\u2019s kingdom is offered frequently and urgently. Jesus has come, and there are multiple signs of the kingdom, yet the world is still marked by sin and the hearts of many remain closed, which compels us to implore the Lord: \u201cyour kingdom come!\u201d<\/p>\n Sometimes we may ask, why does it emerge so slowly? But God is not like us; God is patient! He wants to establish his kingdom not with violence but with gentleness, for it is like a grain of mustard seed, which, though tiny, grows into a mighty tree. <\/p>\n The Lord always surprises us! We see this as the night of Good Friday gives way to the dawn of Resurrection, which fills the whole world with hope. \u201cThy kingdom come!\u201d Let us confidently plant this prayer amidst our sins and failings, and on behalf of the suffering and needy, for the Spirit has stamped all of Scripture with these word of hope: \u201c\u2018Surely I am coming soon.\u201d Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! (Rev 22:20).<\/p>\n I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today\u2019s Audience, especially those from England, Wales, India, the Philippines and the United States of America. May the Lenten journey we begin today bring us to Easter with hearts purified and renewed by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Upon you, and your families, I invoke joy and peace in Christ our Redeemer! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 6, 2019. He continued his catechesis on the \u201cOur Father\u201d prayer. This week he focused on the second invocation \u201cThy kingdom come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kTgg5NbStjQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza0603eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza0603eng.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}