TO WORK FOR THE KINGDOM (Kingdom of Christ, Kingdom of God, humanity without God, true apostle, Adveniat regnum tuum, harvest, extensive field…)
- I feel an intense longing to live inwardly with Jesus and Mary, detached from everything, with a frame of mind of love, simplicity, and humility. I am determined to make progress in my life of renunciation in order to make myself available to work for the Kingdom of God. (p.22)
- Some days I pause with profound joy at “. the riches that we have in Christ”. Other days, when speaking about my desires to the Lord, I pay that he showers His grace all over the world so that many can come to know and love Him. I like this prayer of intercession, asking to extend the Kingdom of God, praying for missionaries, etc., although I am not always prepared for it. (p. 34)
- Today the retreat ended. The Kingdom of Christ has been everything for me during these days of prayer… I have felt called, with infinite love, to follow the true Christ. I have felt called to participate in the mission that God the Father entrusted to his son: to announce the Kingdom of God and to save my brothers and sisters… (p. 45)
- This encourages me to ask for so many things. That might seem pretentious to some and cause them to laugh at me. But I understand that this is what the life of faith is. We have to give importance to the words of Jesus when he entrusts us to pray for the expansion of His Kingdom. (p. 69)
- At other times, I will ask that my teacher speaks to me about the Father, so that I might love Him and so that He might give me His love in order to continue to work for the Kingdom of God. (p. 71)
- The Kingdom of God and all of my tasks at hand are the subjects of my prayer. (p. 77)
- Only looking to my desire to work and suffer for the Kingdom of God did even the plans to go on missions not seem like nonsense to me… (p. 85)
- We missionaries of Berriz are going to have a vast field where we can work for the Kingdom of God. (p. 88)
- In this way, we will fulfill our dream of tireless working for the Kingdom of God in a more generous fashion that we have up to now. (p. 94)
- For me, what is really important is the desire to work and suffer for the Kingdom of God, and they all have this desire. I don’t deny that I envy them quite a bit. (p. 96)
- I live for the Kingdom of God. I live to work and suffer for the Kingdom of God. My continuous prayer is also for His Kingdom. (p. 97)
- They appear to have courage and an enviable spirit, ready to give their lives for the Kingdom of God. (p. 100)
- All of us, girls and nuns alike, continually pray that his revolution serves to establish the Kingdom of God in China. (p. 102)
- I’m not as selfless as she is, but I want to follow Christ closely and I want to suffer for his (p. 102)
- I’m confident that together will work diligently for the Kingdom of God. (p. 105)
- They have great desires to work and suffer for the Kingdom of God. (p. 108)
- The desire to work and suffer for the Kingdom of God gives them strength for everything. (p.112)
- They seek to work and suffer for the Kingdom of God. (p. 113)
- If we are not one in spirit, we won’t be a sign of the Kingdom of God before the world. Jesus said to his chosen ones, “This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another as I have loved you”. (p. 114)
- During this difficult situation, I take comfort in seeing the nuns with so much courage to work for the Kingdom of God. They are not frightened away by the difficult beginnings that they’ve have to endure. (p. 125)
- In these Islands, the missionaries have an ample field in which to work for the Kingdom of God, even in the most out-of-the-way places. (p.152)
- My life is full of frenzy, but I look for the Kingdom of God in everything. I have it because of a great gift from Him. (p. 156)
- My life of continuous prayer has been enhance having gone through these great nations where the Adveniat regnum tuum does not fall from anyone’s lips. (p. 165)
- The missions are the work of the Spirit and, therefore, of prayer. The Kingdom of Christ in the world is the only mission of the Church…Our desire from the Kingdom of God is that it brings us to continuously pray for the missionaries and to ask for them the same flame that the Holy Spirit lit in the Apostles in the beginning of the Church. (p.181)
- In these islands, the missionaries have an ample field in which to work for the Kingdom of God, even in the most out-of –the-way places. (Margarita Maria Lopez de Maturana, (p. 152)
- They also need to communicate kindness, apostolic spirit, and a desire for the Kingdom of God. (p.225)
- I’ve asked her (Mother Nieves) to help me…My life is full of frenzy, but I look for the Kingdom of God in everything. (p. 155)
- They also need to communicate kindness, apostolic spirit, and a desire for the Kingdom of God. (p. 225)
- Our apostolic zeal must extend to the whole world. We see the harvest with a universal glance and we ask the Father of the entire human race to send workers to his extensive field. (p. 253)
- We cannot be indifferent in the presence of humanity with God. Avoiding this obligation involves an injustice and an enormous selfishness in our part. (p. 248)
- A true apostle ponders everything about his mission. His work doesn’t seem considerable, He doesn’t talk about it nor does he exaggerate. He thinks that the difference in mentality are natural and he adjusts to it… (p. 249)