“The Kingdom of God is already in your midst.” Luke 17:20-25
We know that history has a center: Jesus Christ, incarnate, dead and risen; that He is alive among us and that He has a purpose: the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of peace, of justice, of freedom in love. And He has a power that moves him towards that end: He is the power of the Holy Spirit. We all have the Holy Spirit that we have received in Baptism. And He impels us to go forward on the path of Christian life, on the path of history, towards the Kingdom of God. This Spirit is the power of love that has made the womb of the Virgin Mary fruitful; and it is the same Spirit that animates the projects and works of all peacebuilders. Where there is a man and a woman who build peace, it is precisely the Holy Spirit who helps and pushes them to make peace” (H.H. Francis, January 1, 2014).
