13 November 2025

If there’s one thing our age loves to do, it’s to look for signs.
People watch the news, check their phones, and say,
“Surely something big is coming — the world’s going mad!”

The Pharisees in today’s Gospel were asking the same question:

“When will the Kingdom of God come?”

They wanted fireworks, armies, maybe a golden throne in Jerusalem.
And Jesus gives them the answer that still shocks the world:

“The Kingdom of God does not come with observation…
for behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”

Or, more literally: within you.

That’s the turning point.
Jesus isn’t talking about the end of the world —
He’s talking about the beginning of grace.
The Kingdom isn’t a date on a calendar; it’s a Person standing in front of them.
The reign of God is not a future event; it’s a present reality —
wherever Christ is obeyed, loved, and adored.

Our first reading from the Book of Wisdom describes that reality.
It’s a hymn to divine wisdom —

“For in her there is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique…
she pervades and penetrates all things.”

It’s one of the most beautiful passages in the Old Testament —
poetic, reverent, and deeply Catholic in its understanding of creation.

It tells us that God’s wisdom is not locked in heaven;
it’s woven into everything He made.
The stars, the seasons, the order of nature,
even the conscience within us — all whisper His design.

That’s what the ancients called the Logos —
the wisdom that holds everything together.
And in the fullness of time, that Wisdom took flesh.
Jesus is the Wisdom of God walking among us.

That’s why He can say, “The Kingdom is among you.”
Because wherever Wisdom is welcomed, the Kingdom is at hand.

The Pharisees missed it because they expected the Kingdom to look like power.
They wanted something visible, impressive, political.
But God was already at work — quietly, mercifully, personally.

It’s the same today.
We say, “Where is God in this world?”
He answers, “Right here — if you have eyes to see.”

You won’t find Him in the noise of self-promotion,
but in the silence of prayer.
You won’t find Him in the scrolling headlines,
but in the breaking of the bread.
You won’t find Him in a new world order,
but in a single heart that says, “Thy will be done.”

The Kingdom is not built by force — it’s grown by faith.
It’s not advanced by slogans — it’s advanced by sanctity.

Then Jesus gives the warning:

“The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,
but you will not see it.”

He’s telling us that spiritual blindness is more dangerous than persecution.
The world can’t destroy the Church —
but forgetfulness can.

If we live as though the Kingdom were only “later,”
we stop living as though Christ is “here.”
That’s when the world grows dark — not because God has left,
but because we stopped noticing His light.

Every saint has lived with this awareness:
that heaven has already begun.
You don’t have to wait until you die to live in God’s presence.
You can start today.
Holiness is simply living now what will be fulfilled then.

Wisdom, says the first reading,

“reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other,
and governs all things well.”

That’s what divine providence looks like.
Even when the world seems chaotic,
God’s wisdom is still quietly steering creation toward its goal.

The saints saw it — and lived it.
They didn’t panic about the end times;
they built the Kingdom in the meantime.

Every time you forgive someone,
every time you pray when you could complain,
every time you offer your work, your pain, or your kindness to God —
you’re letting the Kingdom grow.

You can’t see it on the news,
but heaven sees it as clearly as a sunrise.

The Pharisees were looking for a timetable.
Jesus gave them a testimony.
The Kingdom isn’t coming someday —
it’s here, in your midst, right now, in this Eucharist.

The world waits for a spectacle;
Christ waits for surrender.

“The Kingdom of God is among you.”
Don’t miss it by looking elsewhere.

Let wisdom open your eyes.
Let faith awaken your heart.
And let the King reign — not in politics, but in your soul.

Because the moment you let Him in,
the Kingdom has already begun.