The Lord's Prayer - The Second Petition:
Your kingdom come.
What is this? or What does this mean?
In fact, God's kingdom comes on its own without our prayer, but we ask in this prayer that it may also come to us.
How does this come about?
Whenever our heavenly Father gives us his Holy Spirit, so that through the Holy Spirit's grace we believe God's holy word and live godly lives here in time and hereafter in eternity.
To ponder:
WE believe in the Reign of God - the day of the Great Fiesta when all the colours of creation will form a harmonious rainbow, when all peoples will join in joyful banquet, when all tongues of the universe will sing the same song. - Justo L. González, "A Hispanic Creed"
The day of the great fiesta:
Justo González refers to the kingdom of God as a reign or rule when all of creation will be in harmony. In his popular creed he invites us to believe that in this reign everyone is invited and no one is left out. He shares Martin Luther's confidence that the rule of God comes to us as a gift of grace and joy.
We see sign of God's reign at our baptism when we receive the Holy Spirit and the assurance that we belong to the family of God. We see it when the church embraces us with hospitality and together we sing songs of praise that fill our hearts. We see it when we confess our faith and promise to lead lives of goodwill toward everyone. Because we seek to do the will of God, we pray that the Holy Spirit will use our spiritual gifts and talents to create a world where all people will have their needs met and where everyone will share in the bounty of God's grace. We pray that we may play a part in making this new creation a fiesta for everyone to enjoy and celebrate the goodness of God!
Prayer:
Come, Holy Spirit, and renew the whole creation! Amen.
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