ACTS IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS
May we recognize
that each one of us is part of God's plan.
As people of faith
we are called to believe that God guides and directs our personal lives as well
as the world's events. At times, in order to emphasize His providential care,
God acts in extraordinary ways.
In today's first
reading from the beginning of the Letter to the Hebrews, the Kingdom of God and
His reign are ways of speaking about God's powerful rule over all creation. The
rule of God is good news. As the Responsorial Psalm proclaims today, "The
Lord is King; let the earth rejoice" (Ps 97:1). Behind the symbol of our
heavenly Father's reign lies the rich story of His activity in the world. This
great story reaches back to creation itself and retells all the words God had
spoken through the prophets "in times past," and all the wonders of
His works for all peoples.
These events, and
all those of the Old Testament, are important because they form a part of God's
overall plan leading to the coming of His Son, and even that moment in today's
Gospel when Jesus said, "This is the time of fulfillment. The reign of God
is at hand" (Mk 1:15). God spoke to us through the Son!
May we recognize
that each one of us is part of God's plan. We live in the time of fulfillment
and the reign of God has come to us in the Person of Christ Jesus.